Pro-democracy Eswatini Transport Union Leader Trapped in Exile

February 02, 2023 00:06:00
Pro-democracy Eswatini Transport Union Leader Trapped in Exile
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Pro-democracy Eswatini Transport Union Leader Trapped in Exile

Feb 02 2023 | 00:06:00

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Show Notes

  Fearing for his life and liberty, pro-democracy activist and Swaziland Transport, Communication and Allied Workers Union (SWATCAWU) General Secretary Sticks Nkambule remains trapped in exile while his union campaigns to bring him home safely. The murder last month of human and worker rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Thulani Maseko—whom Nkambule describes as “friend, colleague, […]

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