Times Of Swaziland: GELANE WINS ORDER STOPPING HARASSMENT, INSULTS

GELANE WINS ORDER STOPPING HARASSMENT, INSULTS
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BY MBONGISENI NDZIMANDZE  on 04/10/2013 23:46:00


MBABANE - Acting Chief of  KoNtshingila Gelane Simelane has obtained an interim
order stopping the members of this community from causing unrest in the area.
This comes after she moved an urgent application at the High Court yesterday
through the office of the Attorney General.
Respondents in this matter are King Simelane, Jerome Simelane, Innocent
Mciniseli Simelane, Ntokozo Mhlongo, Nhlanhla Simelane, Menzi Masoka, Mbongeni
Simelane, Juliouse Bhembe, National Commissioner of Police and any other person
who incites or involved in the violence that occurred at KoNtshingila.
Appearing for the acting Chief were Senior Crown Counsel Vusi Kunene and Crown
Counsel Nonophile Mavuso from the chambers of the Attorney Gene-ral.
The court also interdicted the respondents or any other person who acts in
conjunction with them either through their ins-tructions to incite violence
against her to stop from doing so.
“The respondents or any other person who acts inconjuction with the
respondents and or on their volition are interdicted and restrained  from
harassing the applicant (Gelane) either by threatening violence against the her
or insulting her,” reads parts of the order.
They were also interdicted and restrained from causing violence in whatever
manner at KoNts-hingila Chiefdom or Umphakatsi and the surrounding areas.
The National Commissioner of Police was also ordered to take all necessary steps
to ensure that peace is maintained in this area.
The court also ordered that the interim order be announced in national media.
The interim order was issued by High Court Judge Mumcy Dla-mini yesterday.
In her application the acting Chief alleged that one of the respondents Jerome
Simelane was one of the elders who incited or perpetrates violence against her
or at KoNtshingila Umpha-katsi (kagwegwe)
She further alleged that another respondent Innocent Mciniseli Simelane who is a
teacher at Salesian High School was also the one who incited and perpetrated
violence against her and the Umphakatsi.
In her founding affidavit she accused the 10 respondents as being the ones
behind the violence in the area.
The matter returns to court on November 8, 2013 and the respondents are yet to
file their papers.