{"id":76346,"date":"2025-08-28T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-companies-accused-of-worker-exploitation"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:19:27","slug":"king-mswatis-companies-accused-of-worker-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-companies-accused-of-worker-exploitation","title":{"rendered":"King Mswati&#8217;S Companies Accused of Worker Exploitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Companies with alleged links to King Mswati through the multibillion Tibiyo TakaNgwane investment company have been accused of \u2018underpaying\u2019 employees and\/or violating workers rights.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by Wander Mkhonza, the Secretary General of the Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland(ATUSWA) when responding on Wednesday amid low wages by paid some companies within the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the Office of the Labour Commissioner is failing to help because once they realize that the company is linked to the King, they normally drop the reported cases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Companies allegedly linked to Mswati include among others, MTN Eswatini, Montigny Investments, Parmalat Swaziland, Inyatsi Construction, Maloma Colliery, Eswatini Observer, Eswatini Beverages, Ubombo Sugar Limited, the Eswatini Development Finance Corporation(FINCORP) and the Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation(RESc).<\/p>\n<p>But this is not to suggest that all the above mentioned royal linked companies are violating workers rights and\/or underpaying employees as some are known for providing decent working conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach Tibiyo TakaNgwane Managing Director Absalom Themba Dlamini proved unsuccessful at the time of compiling this report.<\/p>\n<p>Reached for comments by this publication, King Mswati\u2019s Spokesperson Percy Simelane said \u201cthe King cannot allow the exploitation of his people adding that, \u201cthere are possibilities that the Monarch\u2019s name is abused\u201d to exploit workers and then intimidate labour inspectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the best of my knowledge, the King can never condone exploitation of his people. Chances are his name is used to intimidate those who challenge low wages,\u201d said the King\u2019s Spokesperson.<\/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. Companies with alleged links to King Mswati through the multibillion Tibiyo TakaNgwane investment company have been accused of \u2018underpaying\u2019 employees and\/or violating workers rights. 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