The Struggle in Swaziland Continues Under Africa's Last Absolute Monarch
In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Thokozane Kenneth Kunene, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Swaziland, to discuss the uprising in the small African nation against the only remaining absolute monarch on the continent, King Mswati III in Swaziland or Eswatini, the repression of the king’s regime and his hoarding of resources while the Eswatini people struggle in poverty, how the legacy of British colonialism persists in the governance of the small country, the brutal repression being carried out against the people demanding and end to Mswati III’s reign and colonial-era monarchal rule, and the continuing calls for the youth to continue to protest to recapture the streets.