{"id":46844,"date":"2024-04-03T06:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T06:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/alpheous-nxumalo-speaks-his-truth"},"modified":"2024-04-03T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T06:51:09","slug":"alpheous-nxumalo-speaks-his-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/alpheous-nxumalo-speaks-his-truth","title":{"rendered":"ALPHEOUS NXUMALO SPEAKS HIS TRUTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Government spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo has spoken for the first time and argues his brash and &#8220;arrogant&#8221; persona was an act and not his personality.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview Nxumalo said his personality was not as assumed by the public. He said his combative and seemingly arrogant personality was a necessary act out of character in response to the political environment of the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>Nxumalo said he needed to act as he did because the country was in a political environment that needed him to be strong and confident to help the government fight what he termed an unfair media onslaught.<\/p>\n<p>Nxumalo also told the Bridge that he was never a member of PUDEMO instead was part of the Ngwane National Liberation Congress (NNLC) and that as a party they had always believed in participating in the political process following in the footsteps of people like the late Deputy Prime Minister Albert Heshane Shabangu, the late DPM Arthur R V Khoza Khoza, Prime Minister Obed Dlamini from among many others.<\/p>\n<p>He said he belonged to the NNLC and was averse to boycotts. He then answered several questions that The Bridge put to him<\/p>\n<p>1. On political reforms and his \u201cpeople get ready\u201d movement<\/p>\n<p>2. On crisis at UNISWA Arrest of drugs shortage perpetrators<\/p>\n<p>3. Progress on Thulane investigation<\/p>\n<p>4. Response to Tanele Maseko<\/p>\n<p>5. On corruption in government Sibaya and dialogue<\/p>\n<p>6. The silent war with Percy Simelane<\/p>\n<p>7. Extradition of what government calls Swazi terrorists in South Africa<\/p>\n<p>8. Novel living wage plan for the unemployed<\/p>\n<p>10. Bacede \u0301s arrests was not political and therefore matter cannot be resolved politically.<\/p>\n<p>11. The explosive and no-holds-barred interview is premiering on The Bridge podcasts on Youtube and Facebook at 8pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><b>swazibridge<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Government spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo has spoken for the first time and argues his brash and &#8220;arrogant&#8221; persona was an act and not his personality. Speaking during an interview Nxumalo said his personality was not as assumed by the public. 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