BE MEETS TROIKA TEAM, INSISTS ON DIALOGUE

MBABANE – Business Eswatini (BE) insists on dialogue as a way forward following unrest that rocked the country over two weeks.

While many lives were lost, businesses also suffered an estimated E3 billion in damages and theft following the violent protests. BE CEO Nathi Dlamini said in the recent meeting with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security –Troika- fact-finding mission, they insisted on dialogue because it was in emaSwati’s ‘cultural DNA’. The Troika team left the country in the past week after engaging with people from different sectors.

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“It is not our duty to identify the parties to dialogue because we’re not involved in politics. We’re just interested in a conducive business environment so that we can create jobs and generate revenue and pay taxes,” he said in an interview on national radio yesterday morning. Back on June 29 during the violent protest, BE issued a statement, calling upon all parties to make necessary effort to engage in dialogue immediately. Dlamini, in yesterday’s interview, further decried the violence because it created an unwanted picture to potential investors. On the E500 million Reconstruction Fund launched by the king, Dlamini said their prayer was for government to be able to raise the funds, as the expectations among the affected businesses were very high.

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