Times Of Swaziland: REPOSITION ESWATINI, MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN

REPOSITION ESWATINI, MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN
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Editor on 05/01/2022 08:19:00


Sir,
The people of Eswatini are twisting and turning piteously in subdued pain. There
is an unvoiced gnashing of teeth and a bitter forbearance, denuded, ridiculed
and swindled on all fronts by an elaborated presence of nationhood to its
detriment for far too long. The nation’s gifted youth has been forced to
scavenge around the fringes of morality and legality. This is because they find
themselves in a system that excludes them from their supposedly fellow citizens.
There is an unnamed fear and semi-uncertain confusion in the country. There is
also a semi-trembling presence that is real. It is as if there is always some
creeping unexplainable, yet ever present but clearly unhealthy quivering of
political and economic nerves.
Respite
Perplexity walks the land and with bold intimidating steps. This leaves me
wondering when things will actually look up for Eswatini. Are we going to lament
these inadequacies forever? When will respite come? When are we going to rest?
Each time I sit back to ruminate on where Eswatini is and where she is supposed
to be, my heart becomes giddy and melancholic. I am left wondering what has
really gone wrong with this once beautiful and lovely country. At times the way
we conduct ourselves towards each other is unbecoming, wicked and insensible.
Nobody needs to tell us that the country is sick.
Then you ask; where are the beautiful and altruistic ideas for which emaSwati
were once known for? Why have we allowed ourselves to be used by satan and his
agents to perpetrate evil against our own people? Where have all leaders gone?
Yes some of them are dead, but can’t we produce them in some, if not, all of
us? Rather, what we have today are mainly opportunists who have no place in
public service.
Hope
Where are all the men and women of good conscience, whose presence inspired hope
to others? They walked the entire political spectra of this country spreading
the good news of national unity without fear or shame. Unfortunately, their
successors have squandered our common patrimony and left all of us desolate and
disheartened. Those who govern us today do so with little care or love. The oath
of office and allegiance administered on them on the day of their inauguration
no longer means anything to them. Instead of serving people, as they pledged,
the people now fight for the crumbs that fall from their table. God please
cleanse our nation of the evil men and women who have vowed to destroy it and
our people. They treat Eswatini and all that is in it like a leprous entity.
They are not afraid of judgement day.
Redeem
Things are really getting out of hand and Eswatini cannot continue the way it is
going. We need to stand up and redeem the country from the forces of darkness.
This is the time for pragmatic steps to be taken to reposition the kingdom and
make it great again. This nation is mourning without ceasing. It is a fact and
on record that emaSwati have remained sidelined in development initiatives. The
nation has lived with this reality for very long now. The country lacks
relevance in the sitting of impartial institutions and major drivers of our
economic environment. It is mocked by the wretched profile of its most visible
political actors. Whichever way you choose to look at it, there is course for
misgivings about public administration in Eswatini.