WHAT’S WITH THE SAD NEWS IN SWAZILAND?

Dear Sir,

Each time I source the Internet for news from home, I come across heartbreaking reports. 
The first one to hurt me was the cruel treatment dished out to Mr Geoff of Xanadu Boutique in Mbabane. 

Geoff’s only crime was being a local investor who wanted to fulfil King Mswati III’s Vision 2022.
The second one was on how former Master of the High Court , Siboniso Dlamini was charged for E550 000 theft, something that left me wondering if justice in Swaziland will ever be on the side of widows.
The sad case that has dragged for years from 2001 - to date, of widow Phindile Ndzinisa, who never received the amount of E875 477 paid out as terminal benefits by the Swaziland Sugar Association upon the tragic death of her husband Mr Martin Musa Ndzinisa, is a clear indication that the law is not used as an instrument of justice.  I say so because the widow has been frustratingly moved from pillar to post for years (High Court to Appeal and Supreme Court). 
Despite the widow winning in all instances, the judiciary now wants to further drag the matter by taking it for review.  The devious process is inevitably meant to have devastating results for the aggrieved widow, as it will result in the judges preference (the defaulting lawyer) and prejudicing the widow.

I now associate myself with sentiments once expressed by the law society, calling for a Judicial Commission of Enquiry in Swaziland as this cannot be allowed to go on.

By Dr Ntombenhle Gama
Cape Town.

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