Eswatini Labour Insight

  SWADNU President Welcome Mdluli calls for unity amongst nurses in Eswatini and the world in International Nurses Day (12th May) address.  SWADNU President  Comrade Welcome Mdluli addressing an online commemoration of International Nurses day  on 12th May 2021. Recently elected President of the Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union (SWADNU) called for its members  to unite and move forward from its recent turbulent past characterized by internal tensions that ended up in the court system .  The President made these remarks while addressing members of SWADNU, guests and solidarity partners in an online  commemoration of the International Nurses Day on 12th  May 2021.The meeting was  guest addressed by the 2nd deputy President of the of the Democratic Nurses of South Africa (DENOSA) Comrade Thandeka Rita Msibi. Comrade President Rita reflected  heavily on the plight of Nurses in the Republic of South Africa with respect to being served with cheap and ineffective  Personal Protective Equipm

The state and police in Eswatini and sometimes the military have managed to mantain silence in the country even as  the discontent against absolute rule grows by each passing day . The gruesome death of Thabani Nkomonye in the passed week and the outrage that has ensured has been a clear indication that the discontent may finally be spilling over. In the coming week from the 17th May  a series of marches and protests ,from UNESWA Students to the Swaziland United Democratic Front (SUDF,) are planned around the Manzini region targeting the police stations in Manzini City and Matsapha. The #JusticeforThabani hashtag is amongst the top trending topics on social network on Friday and Saturday 15th May. The death or the killing of Thabani leaves a lot of questions however there is very little uncertainty that the police either through gross negligence or or directly had a hand in the death of Thabani. The online publication the Swaziland News has already reported that the police murdered Tha