I’M MISSING MY HUSBAND – MBEDZI’S WIFE

NGWENYA – When other women are being pampered by their spouses tomorrow, Ndanduleni Roseliny Mbedzi will be only wishing for the release of her husband, Amos Mbedzi.

Tomorrow marks the celebration of mothers as it will be Mothers Day.
Amos is currently languishing in jail after he was sentenced to 85 years imprisonment without an option of a fine in 2012.
Mbedzi was found guilty of two counts of murder in the death of Musa ‘MJ’ Dlamini and South African, Jack Govender when a bomb exploded in the vehicle they were driving in.

Mbedzi, who was convicted of five charges including sedition and murder, was subsequently sentenced to 85 years and six months in prison.
The sentence was broken down as follows; 25 years jail for the murder of MJ Dlamini, another 25 years for the murder of Jack Govender, 20 years for attempted murder, 15 years for sedition and six month for making an unlawful entry into Swaziland.
Some South African unions, together with local progressive entities, staged a protest action, yesterday, demanding for his release.

The protest was organised by NEHAWU, in conjunction with the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) was staged at Oshoek Border.
NEHAWU stands for National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union.

It was during this campaign that Roseliny revealed to this publication that her husband has never talked to her about the 2008 incident.
She had been asked if she had had an opportunity to talk to her husband about the incident.

“When you visit him, you are only allowed to talk about family, nothing else. He has never spoken about his case.”
Roseliny, who had joined the approximately 400 marchers, mentioned that she would be happy to be reunited with the father of her two children.
Asked if she believed that Amos was behind the bombing of the bridge, Rosileny said: “I cannot say much, until we talk about it. Yes, he was involved in politics, but not with the armed struggle.”

She elaborated that Amos had left home to attend a funeral, before being informed that he had been arrested for the incident two weeks later. While she described him as a good father, the unionists regard Amos as a political prisoner.

Most members of the unions, when asked why they kept on referring to Amos as a political prisoner because he had been convicted for a criminal act, said he was wrongly charged.
A member of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), Sipho Mkhondwane, said the local courts failed to prove that Amos was behind the bombing.

“Do they have proof that he did it?,” he asked rhetorically.
Mkhondwane alleged that Mbedzi was never given a fair trial.
He claimed that if Mbedzi was not released immediately, they would stage a huge blockade.
Isaac Luthuli, the National Deputy Secretary of the Young Communist League of South Africa, also concurred that proof should be presented that Mbedzi committed a criminal act.

“It’s a known fact that when politicians are taken to task, the ruling party will create propaganda and create character assassination. Even Nelson Mandela was once declared a terrorist, and his ANC was labelled a terrorist entity by the apartheid regime,” he argued his case.
Luthuli pleaded with the South African Government to engage the local government to attain political stability.

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