{"id":75318,"date":"2025-08-13T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/editor-urges-minister-to-confront-kings-protocol-officer"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:36:55","slug":"editor-urges-minister-to-confront-kings-protocol-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/editor-urges-minister-to-confront-kings-protocol-officer","title":{"rendered":"Editor Urges Minister to Confront King\u2019S Protocol Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Editor Zweli Martin Dlamini says, he met King Mswati\u2019s Protocol Officer Khandlela Mdluli in a Sandton restaurant and they greeted each other like emaSwati while waiting to be served with food.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dlamini said he was pleased with the level of respect he received from Mdluli adding that, a person who respects other people regardless of status in society, deserves respect.<\/p>\n<p>The editor said, judging from Mdluli\u2019s humbleness, one can even deny that he is working with a Head of State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was with his wife and beautiful children and he greeted me and we chatted for sometime while waiting for food. Bengingamboni ngeva sekangivusela sekatsi \u201cninjani Nkhosi\u201d. I am not in a fight with anyone but writing news as a journalist lofuna fight nami utayitfola but I am polite to those who are polite to me and those who understand that I am doing my job-writing news. Inkhosi ngitawubhala ngayo ngoba vele a Head of State must be held accountable,\u201d said the editor.<\/p>\n<p>The editor then urged Foreign Minister Pholile Dlamini-Shakantu to meet him personally if she wants to \u201cgrab him not to speak\u201d in private meetings with a handful of Senators and Members of Parliament(MPs) at Royal Villas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact we will eventually meet with the Foreign Minister because I will attend some of the SADC meetings with other South African editors. She will meet me personally ngifuna kubona kutsi loku lakushito at Royal Villas utakusho yini nakangibona,\u201d said the editor.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini was reacting to the Foreign Minister\u2019s statements suggesting that, he must he grabbed and extradited for criticizing the King.<\/p>\n<p>The editor said even though he \u201cunderstands that he is not safe\u201d but he will be extra careful of the threats, he will continue to live his life in a democratic country because by nature, he is not a coward. He urged the Foreign Minister to respect that, the eSwatini Government lost a Mpumalanga Court case and a request to have him arrested and extradited was rejected by the South African Government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eswatini<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. 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