PUBLIC ANXIOUS ABOUT 70 POSTS OF EMABANDLA

MBABANE – With about 70 posts vacant for members of councils and committees, some members of the public have become anxious.
The committees are appointed by His Majesty King Mswati III after every five-year term.

Members of the public have been flooding the Times of Swaziland newroom with calls enquiring if there had been any indication on when the committees, known as emabandla, would be announced.

The committees include Liqoqo (the King’s Advisory Council), Ludzidzini Council, Border Restoration Committee and Board of Royal Trustees. The others are the Land Management Board and Regional Administrators (RAs).

Even the new parliamentarians have been calling and asking if the list had been released yet.
In 2013, the members of the various boards were announced on November 7, and it is highly possible that they would be announced before the end of the week.

Sworn

The emabandla are appointed by the King after the new Cabinet has been sworn in.
Some of the hopefuls have been insistently calling since Cabinet was announced last week Friday. According to the 2013 list, the largest group was Liqoqo, which had 23 members. However, some of its members have passed on.

These include the late Prince Logcogco, former Prime Minister Obed Dlamini and Waqunga Dlamini. Some of the Liqoqo members have already been appointed into other positions, and these include Princess Sikhanyiso, who is now the Minister of Information, Communication and Technology and Chief Nzameya Nhlabatsi, who is now a senator.

Princess Lindiwe, who is now the Minister of Home Affairs, was also a member of Liqoqo.
Meanwhile, two members of the Ludzidzini Council died during their tenure in office, and these were former acting Ludzidzini Governor TV Mtetwa and the late Mavis Shongwe.

One member of the outgoing Border Restoration Committee (BRC) Lutfo Dlamini is now Ndzingeni Member of Parliament (MP).

Stepped

Meanwhile, under the Board of Royal Trustees, former Finance minister Martin Dlamini has stepped down from the position of chairmanship, which is normally held by the Finance Minister.
Interestingly, the new Finance minister Neal Rijkenberg was also a member of the Board of Royal Trustees. Another member who passed on was businessman Victor Gamedze.    

     
Meanwhile, from the positions of RAs, Shiselweni RA Themba Masuku is now the deputy prime minister, while former Lubombo RA Sylvia Mthethwa is now a senator.

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