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MBABANE. – Southern African countries have deployed envoys to Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, to try to stem the unrest that saw one person killed and at least 80 people wounded by security forces in the latest wave of pro-democracy protests.
The demonstrations in the kingdom have flared up recently, months after authorities loyal to the country’s absolute monarch quashed an earlier round of demonstrations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who currently chairs the security organ of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), ordered high-level envoys to fly to Eswatini on Wednesday to meet King Mswati III to discuss “security and political developments”.
The delegation includes Jeffrey Radebe, a former government minister and Candith Mashego-Dlamini, deputy minister of international relations and cooperation, as well as representatives from Botswana and Namibia.
The envoys will be accompanied by SADC executive secretary Elias Magosi and other senior SADC officials. – AFP
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