By Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led by Julius Malema is demanding political intervention in the crisis in Eswatini as protests escalate amid reports of violent shootings on civilians.
While suggesting that former SA president Thabo Mbeki be deployed for the intervention.
The Southern African nation has in recent days been rocked by protests.
Protesters are demanding democratic reforms in Africa’s last absolute monarchy under King Mswati III.
In a statement EFF said, “We call for immediate intervention and mediation in eSwatini, that is guided primarily by the need to meet the demands for democracy and equal redistribution of the wealth of the country.”
“The African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been silent and inactive, as human rights abuses are perpetrated against activists and internet and network services suspended, in order to hide the massacre of people by state security,” reads the statement.
EFF further demanded that the relevant continental bodies such as the AU and SADC. to utilise the services of tested statesmen in resolving conflicts in the continent, namely in this instance former President Thabo Mbeki.
Former President Mbeki has exhibited his capacity in resolving conflicts relating to democracy and establishing stability in governance. This is as seen in Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi. COte d’Ivoire, Libya. Cameroon and the Middle-East.
Eswatini over the past weeks has witnessed unrepentant violence, persecutions, kidnapping and even murder of civilians in the country, as a result of the genuine demands for democratic reforms and principled stance against corruption by the monarchy.
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