Times Of Swaziland: BEMANTI MUST TREAT US WITH RESPECT

BEMANTI MUST TREAT US WITH RESPECT
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The editor on 24/11/2015 01:54:00


Sir,
For as much as we are trying to embrace our heritage, it seems like we will
reach a point where we will rebel against these people who behave in this
uncouth manner.
These men who are changing this culture into a circus of corruption (bafuna
kwengciswa nga E70) and authorised human rights violations by holding women
hostage. The members of the water party are abusing the power vested upon them
by the monarch, thus portraying him in a bad light through this practice. We
Swazis know their importance and that of their being commissioned but if they
take it to this level, we will be left with no other option than to defend our
heritage.
Someone said they witnessed bemanti snatching a baby from a mother because of
imbeleko. The poor baby was screaming its lungs out. The man kept walking away
with the screaming baby. I think the mother did not have money. It was a while
before the screaming baby was returned, after I saw a young man giving them
something. If this is culture, then it has no place in the civilized world.
Because of that I believe Thembi Shongwe’s story.
Mandla