PLEASE GIVE A FAIR CHANCE TO EX-PRISONERS

 
Sir,

Kindly allow me to voice out my heartfelt concern on this issue. I always ask myself why brutal crime is increasing each and every day in such a peaceful country. Incidents like suicide attempts and gender based violence are issues we constantly have to contend with I am sure the Royal Swaziland Police are working tirelessly to find an answer to this question in order to curb it.  It is high time to save this country from these evil and tragic events.

It’s so unfortunate that I come from a difficult background. At a tender age, when I was still a pupil, my parents used to scold and quarrel with each other so I grew up believing that the best way to domestic conflict was through fighting, gossiping and sheer brutality. My father used to torture my mother non-stop. I grew up with that misleading conflict resolution mentality, I got a girlfriend just as I was about to complete my high school education.

One day we were at loggerheads over something and I used my father’s misleading strategy, such that I beat her up and unfortunately she reported me to the police and my fingerprints were taken. There is no man who doesn’t lose their temper so I call upon the Justice Minister to have mercy on the unfortunate people like me to erase these criminal records and give us a second chance.   I now feel discriminated, inferior and denied opportunities because these dirty hands have put a burden in my life. One of the 10 Commandments reads, ‘Forgive one another as I have forgiven you’, so I think it is high time to put this commandment into actual practice. Because of this incident I am staying home with my six credits.

Every man is not without a mistake and needs to be corrected in order to avoid repeating it in future. You never put a barrier in somebody’s life when trying to rebuild them. It is heartbreaking to serve an endless punishment, only the revision of the law can set us free. We have paid fines and repented from our crimes.  This is why we ask for forgiveness.

We read everyday about how the country loses people due to brutality. I don’t deny the need for me to be corrected but I ask for reform, rebuilding and revision of this law. All guilty and convicted people need to pay a penalty without their fingerprints being taken because you have already skinned them alive by doing so.

Whenever I see a woman I feel like exacting revenge because my heart is sore and it never healed so I feel anger, hatred and cruelty now. How I wish to contribute something towards the 2022 vision but I cannot because my destination is blocked. It is so difficult to suffer continued torment for a crime you committed many years ago. 

Ample thanks to Wiseman Ntshingila of Pigg’s Peak, Trusty Gina of Nkilongo and Justice Minister Sibusiso Shongwe for playing a pivotal role towards the revision of this burden-some law. Whenever I felt like hanging myself because I had no meaning in life, your words shone like stars thereby creating hope in my life. That one day, this harsh law will be demolished is a day I look forward to. When the history books are written, in future I will always write about you historic legends.

 Mbazo Lengenamphini

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