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 Wednesday October 05, 2005 23:51 by Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation - ZACF
 "mk", a member of the zacf's underground structures in swaziland was among eight swaziland youth congress (swayoco) members arrested by police following a swayoco demonstration in the city of manzini last saturday (1/10/05). ALERT! ZACF MEMBER ARRESTED BY "WHITE" SWAZI DICATORSHIP"mk", a member of the zacf's underground structures in swaziland was among eight swaziland youth congress (swayoco) members arrested by police following a swayoco demonstration in the city of manzini last saturday (1/10/05). the swayoco demonstration was to protest against king sobhuza ii's autocratic decree of 1973 that outlawed all pro-democratic political activity in this, africa's last remaining "white" (monarchist) dictatorship. today sobhuza's successor, king mswati iii, presides over one of the world's highest hiv/aids infection rates, in a country where for people to draw water from a stream without permission is a crime - while he continues to splurge millions of rands on a private jet, swan around in a R2-million luxury maybach vehicle and a string of palaces, and kidnap schoolgirls as his brides.over the past two years, the zacf has established a presence in swaziland as the only grassroots revolutionary organisation pushing for the overthrow of the king and of the british-south african extractive capitalism he supports. working within and outside of swayoco, the zacf has popularised anarchist class struggle ideas among politically-conscious youth. countering saturday's swayoco demonstration in which the zacf particpated, the royal swazi police fired warning shots and in the resulting chaos, arrested "mk" and seven swayoco comrades. last month, however, the shoe was on the other foot, when an armoured police "hippo" that wandered into comrade-controlled territory found itself stoned and petrol-bombed. "mk" and his seven comrades have apparently been charged with "disturbing the peace" - a charge that was of course not levelled at the police who started the shooting. "mk" was visited in the "zakhele detention centre" in manzini last night (4/10/05). he is in high spirits, but is an ill man and is not able to take his regular medication. bail has been set at R1,500 by the state, but civic organisations are trying to get the bail reduced to R500 - still a huge sum in this extremely poor southern african country.
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"We are being held in a cell at Harare central (police station)," said ZACTU president Lovemore Matombo. "There are about 80 of us (here), including trade union leaders, ordinary citizens and women with children. We have just been gathered. We have not been told what charge we are facing," he said.
Latest report from the demonstrations in Harare which have seen at least 120 jailings of anti-poverty activists. 8 0ct was a day of action against poverty. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions declared a march against the poverty killing workers. 120 demonstrators were arrested in the city centre. Of the arrested about 20 are people living with HIV/AIDS and they are currently not accessing treatment.
Zandile Mbarane is an activist from Mandela Park, Khayelitsha. That community has, since 1999, been faced with massive eviction battles, orchestrated by both banks and government, working together in a partnership called Servcon. From the end of 2001 onwards, the people of Mandela Park fought back, re-occupying houses and moving people back into Mandela Park from the areas they have been evicted to.
If our pain was turned into an art museum the most popular exhibit would showcase portraits of the South African Police Service with our bodies on the floor as their footstools. Our silenced screams chock up the airways in our throats, our tracheas burst out and with both hands we grab the artery veins in an attempt to contain the bleeding, trying to redirect this blood, this life back into the cause and yes, bang, bang, bang; you keep shooting and yes bang, bang, bang, we keep running.
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For a long time now, ordinary Zimbabweans have had a legitimate expectation that South Africa will use its leverage as the biggest political and economic power in Sub Saharan Africa to support the realization of the democratic ideals of the people of Zimbabwe and help resolve the crippling poverty and socio-economic breakdown gripping the nation.
This is a public statement by the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), the mainstream political opposition movement in Swaziland. We, the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation (ZACF) of southern Africa, also organise in Swaziland and support the pro-democracy movement, but agitate for it to go beyond the usual bourgeois betrayal and involve a destruction of the Swazi capitalist state and its replacement by decentralised popular assemblies of communities and producers. As the only revolutionary organisation in Swaziland, our members are among those who have suffered jail at the hands of the monarchist police, so our position is directly informed by personal experience. more >>
Faced with the repression that is unleashed against the South African people, from Uruguay we demand justice and the immediate freedom for the comrades of Boiketlong and the immediate appearance of Papi Tobias alive, of course.
In February 2015, four community activists from Boiketlong in the Vaal, south of Johannesburg, were sentenced to 16 years in prison each following a community protest. This is a very severe sentence and the conviction was based on shaky evidence. The ‘Boiketlong Four’ were arrested for allegedly attacking the local ANC ward councillor and setting fire to her shack and two cars during a community protest. They were convicted of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, arson and malicious injury to property. This is an example of a terrible injustice perpetrated against black working class activists and could have dangerous repercussions for future struggles of the black working class and poor in South Africa if it is not fought. People need to be aware of the facts and take action to demand justice and to fight the criminalisation of poverty and protest.
We, members of the Workers Solidarity Alliance, send our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the murdered miners in South Africa.
Activists gathered in Harare on the 19th February in a closed meeting to discuss the recent uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, were arrested after a planned police raid. Currently they are being held without charge and reports indicate that key members of the gathering are being subjected to physical assault by their captors. [Italiano] [Ελληνικά]
"I'll remember your face, you fucker" were the parting words of inspector Pretorius as he sped away from a group of more than thirty university students who had been harassed and assaulted by Pretorius and his SAPS uniformed colleagues for at least two hours. Students of Wits University and the University of Johannesburg, carrying paper placards and painted banners, were traveling by bus to a COSATU rally at the South African Zionist Federation where speeches were to be delivered. The COSATU rally formed part of a campaign of nationwide actions in support of the people of Gaza under the banner "Free Palestine, Isolate Apartheid Israel". more >> |
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Hi,
i pulled up the information for the Kingdom of Swaziland's ambassador/embassy in Washington DC,
Ms. Nomalungelo Magagula
Embassy of the Kingdom of Swaziland
3400 International Drive, NW., Suite 3M
Washington, D.C. 20008-306
202-362-6683
would ZACF like for those outside Swaziland to contact their ambassadors/protest at embassies to try and put pressure for the release of MK?
in solidarity
G
Ok, appeal with appropriate US Embassy address has been forwarded to a number of lists/comrades.
Protest letter sent to Swazi US Embassy , by the WSA, late today.
20 BUCKINGHAM GATE
LONDON, SW1E 6LB
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: +44 (0) 20 76306611
FAX: +44 (0) 20 76306564
email: enquiries@swaziland.org.uk
while we are not great fans of petition & picket politics, sometimes it does have its place and we would be okay with comrades abroad picketing swazi embassies demanding the release of the "manzini 8".
for security reasons, we would prefer that any pickets / posters refer to the eight detainees as swaziland youth congress (swayoco) members rather than mentioning the zacf.
such actions will at least educate people abroad about conditions in swaziland, where i've personally seen riot police arresting people singing gospel songs - because it's an illegal gathering!
good news! "mk" has just been released on a reduced bail of R500 and he is doing fine. he and his comrades are due to appear in court on october 17, but no official charges have been put to them yet.