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RAMAPHOSA’S ANC GETS TOUGH ON SD

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MBABANE – Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma might have been a darling to Swaziland in many ways, but the same cannot be said of his successor - Cyril Ramaphosa - who, through his the African National Congress (ANC), has adopted a tough stance on Swaziland.


While former president Jacob Zuma was president of the ANC, resolutions regarding the reform of the country’s political landscape were taken, but none of them were implemented.
Now, with Ramaphosa at the helm, the ANC wants to intensify its efforts which are concentrated on seeing a regime change in the country.


The ANC took this decision during its 54th National Conference held in December 2017 at Nasrec, Johannesburg, according to the report.
The conference discussed that the people of Swaziland still suffer gross human rights violations as well as reflecting on the status of political activity of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO) and Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) that remain proscribed.


The conference also decided that ANC should find mechanisms to open up talks between the people of Swaziland and their government.
Accordingly, the conference also resolved that the resolution of the 53rd ANC Mangaung conference on Swaziland be implemented. Those resolutions include that the ANC calls for the release of all political prisoners, including South Africans incarcerated in Swaziland, such as Amos Mbedzi.

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