{"id":9061,"date":"2022-07-12T15:16:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/dialogue-can-end-violence-tucoswa"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:48:29","slug":"dialogue-can-end-violence-tucoswa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/dialogue-can-end-violence-tucoswa","title":{"rendered":"DIALOGUE CAN END VIOLENCE \u2013 TUCOSWA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>The Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), the mother body of trade unions which represents the country\u2019s workforce, has reacted to the Prime Minister, Cleopas Sipho Dlamini\u2019s statement on the much envisaged national dialogue.<\/b><\/p>\n

The PM recently said the dialogue was being delayed by violence. In fact, the union said it was illogical for government to say the alleged violence delayed the dialogue – while many other government sponsored activities were announced and were proceeding smoothly. The workers\u2019 organisation is of the view that the envisaged dialogue is in actual fact intended to resolve the violence. As a follow-up to the prime minister\u2019s statement, this newspaper sought the organisation\u2019s view on unions\u2019 feelings and stand, taking into consideration that many people, especially the working class, still had grievances, hence they were most likely to continue staging protests actions which according to past experiences, ended up in violence.<\/p>\n

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The premier, in his presentation of Public Service Office and Cabinet\u2019s quarterly performance report, said it was time to stop the violence that had been going on in the country.
\nHe said the violence and the killings were only derailing government\u2019s plan to host the much envisaged national event. \u201cOur view is that the envisaged dialogue is in actual fact intended to resolve the violence. It follows in our view that it can only be the dialogue that can resolve the violence,\u201d was the response by TUCOSWA Secretary General Mduduzi Gina yesterday.
\nHe said it was important that the political dialogue be convened in haste as workers\u2019 rights and the general public\u2019s freedom was suppressed under the veil of an alleged toxic political environment. Gina added: \u201cFundamental rights and freedoms of workers including that of assembly, are currently banned. \u201cThis is causing unnecessary tension in the labour sphere as workers cannot practise their constitutional rights to petition their employers and the government in their state capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The secretary general called upon government to honestly consider engaging all political players in an attempt to resolve the political conflict affecting the country. He said it was at such times that the acumen of political leadership was measured. Meanwhile, the Political Party Assembly, through the voice of its Chairperson Sibongile Mazibuko, is on record as having said the premier\u2019s recollection of events where violence was cited, burning of structures inclusive, was not accurate. She blamed government for employing delaying tactics to stall the dialogue process. Chairman of MSF Thulani Maseko, in a recent interview with our sister newspaper, Times of Eswatini Sunday, on another hand, said if the dialogue was held immediately, there would be no reason for some people to use violence.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Eswatini. The Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), the mother body of trade unions which represents the country\u2019s workforce, has reacted to the Prime Minister, Cleopas Sipho Dlamini\u2019s statement on the much envisaged national dialogue. The PM recently said the dialogue was being delayed by violence. 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