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=YCL MARCH TO SWAZILAND CONSULATE CONTINUES AFTER SWAZILAND EMBASSY FAILS TO PREVENT IT=


 * 07 December 2005**

Attempts by the Swaziland Consulate and government to prevent the march organised by the Young Communist League of South Africa and the Swaziland Youth Congress have failed, after METRO POLICE granted the organisations permission to march to the Johannesburg consulate in Braamfontein.

This was after the Swaziland government prevented permissions to picket to their consulates in Cape Town and Durban yesterday and today respectively.

The march will be on Friday, 09 December 2005 and will commence at the Johannesburg Civic Centre (next to Parktonian Hotel) and will end at the Braamfontein Civic Centre at Jorrison Street.

This is a clear message to the Swaziland government that ours is a democracy and not a banana republic run by an individual.

This further reiterates our call to the South African government to cut ties with the Swaziland regime. Leaders from the ANCYL, SASCO, COSAS who forms part of the Progressive Youth Alliance, together with COSATU and the SACP will speak at the March.

The march will also be attended by youth from Swaziland Youth Congress, the youth wing of the banned Peoples United Democratic Movement.

We are expecting more than 5000 young people to attend the demonstrations, which will be one in many to come to highlight the human rights abuse perpetuated by the Swaziland regime.

The march will also coincide with the International Human Rights Day on Saturday, 10 December 2005.

A delegation of the YCL will visit Swaziland sometime this year or early next year, however, the dates and names of people going will not be disclosed for fear of intervention from the Swaziland regime.

National Secretary Buti Manamela (011) 339 3621**
 * Issued by the Young Communist League of South Africa