YCL+Condemns+Honouring+of+King+Sobhuza




 * 20 April 2006**

TO: ALL MEDIA

 * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

=RE: THE YCL CONDEMNS THE HONOURING OF KING SOBHUZA=

The Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) condemns our President's honouring of the late Swaziland ruler, King Sobhuza, the father of the current King Mswati and the brainchild of the current decree that Swaziland is being ruled with.

The honouring of King Sobhuza by the South African government on behalf of the people of South Africa is a disservice to the struggling and poor people of Swaziland - led by the People's United Democratic Movement and Swaziland Youth Congress - of which King Sobhuza is responsible for the suffering, torture, oppression and poverty inflicted to the people by his son King Mswati, who is comfortable in buying 10 BMW's for his wives, Mercedes Benz's and throwing lavish parties, whilst the majority of Swaziland people go hungry.

The King is also responsible of selling out the exiled South Africans who were based in that country and chased out the Liberation movement due to conniving with the old Apartheid Pretoria, and is responsible for the introduction of the most evil and cruel system Tinkhundla, which was introduced by Sobhuza and the current Monarch has forcefully entrenched this system to people of Swaziland.

We call on the South African government to reconsider its decision to honour the late King Sobhuza because its honor legitimizes the current regime in Swaziland, which has inherited by the system from King Sobhuza. This further undermines the struggles being pursued by the people of Swaziland through the movement lead by PUDEMO and SWAYOCO. It further undermines efforts undertaken by the Young Communist League, together with the SACP, COSATU and other progressive forces as it legitimizes the current regime.

We believe that the people of Swaziland who should be honoured are those who are arrested, killed and tortured by the current regime, which is the brainchild of King Sobhuza.

We further call on the government to improve the public participation in the nomination processes to be a true reflection of who should be honoured, as mandated by the public.

Castro Ngobese (YCL National spokesperson)**
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 * Tell:011 339 3621**
 * Cell:082 678 2612**

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