{"id":9052,"date":"2022-07-12T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:46:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:46:54","slug":"judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal","title":{"rendered":"Judge Mumcy Dlamini to deliver judgement on pro-democracy MPs application for acquittal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Judge Mumcy Dlamini is expected to deliver a judgement on an application for acquittal filed by incarcerated pro-democracy Members of Parliament(MPs) Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube who are facing politically motivated terrorism charges.<\/b><\/p>\n

This was confirmed by Sicelo Mngomezulu, the lawyer representing the pro-democracy MPs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true, we got a call from Judge Mumcy\u2019s Clerk informing us that the judgement will be delivered today(Tuesday).It seems they wanted to do it secretly because we were informed this morning that the judgement will be delivered at 9am,\u201d said the lawyer representing the pro-democracy MPs.<\/p>\n

Efforts to reach High Court Registrar Nozipho Mazibuko proved unsuccessful at the time of compiling this report.<\/p>\n

The pro-democracy MPs were arrested after an order allegedly issued by King Mswati, they were leading the calls for democratic reforms inside Parliament and subsequently charged with terrorism.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. Judge Mumcy Dlamini is expected to deliver a judgement on an application for acquittal filed by incarcerated pro-democracy Members of Parliament(MPs) Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube who are facing politically motivated terrorism charges. This was confirmed by Sicelo Mngomezulu, the lawyer representing the pro-democracy MPs. \u201cIt\u2019s true, we got a call […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-9052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nJudge Mumcy Dlamini to deliver judgement on pro-democracy MPs application for acquittal - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Judge Mumcy Dlamini is expected to deliver a judgement on an application for acquittal filed by incarcerated pro-demo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judge Mumcy Dlamini to deliver judgement on pro-democracy MPs application for acquittal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Judge Mumcy Dlamini is expected to deliver a judgement on an application for acquittal filed by incarcerated pro-demo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-12T15:07:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-12T15:46:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_35-62cd97570cd65.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1284\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"935\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Judge Mumcy Dlamini to deliver judgement on pro-democracy MPs application for acquittal\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-12T15:07:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-12T15:46:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal\"},\"wordCount\":167,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_35-62cd97570cd65.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/judge-mumcy-dlamini-to-deliver-judgement-on-pro-democracy-mps-application-for-acquittal\",\"name\":\"Judge Mumcy Dlamini to deliver judgement on pro-democracy MPs application for acquittal - 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