Times Of Swaziland: SWALIMO CAUSES SCENE AHEAD OF LEOPARD/PIRATES CLASH

SWALIMO CAUSES SCENE AHEAD OF LEOPARD/PIRATES CLASH
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Sanele Jele on 28/02/2022 08:39:00


MBABANE – SWALIMO lived up to their word and staged a protest in Mbombela
Stadium.
The Swaziland Liberation Movement (SWALIMO) members were seen protesting along
the premises of Mbombela Stadium, where the first leg of the CAF Confederation
Cup was played. Orlando Pirates played hosts to Royal Leopard. News of the
scenes were already circulating on Twitter and Facebook late yesterday. Popular
Television Anchor Robert Marawa also shared on twitter how he was shocked by the
scenes. “There was a scene outside the Mbombela Stadium ahead of the CAF
Confederation Cup game between Royal Leopard and Orlando Pirates. Fans say they
are from the kingdom and will not allow Leopard into the venue in an effort to
embarrass the King for his atrocities,” Marawa tweeted.
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However the Leopard’s team bus did make it through to the Stadium after the
police presence enabled access. The Liberation movement had confirmed on
Saturday to this publication that they would stage a protest before the start of
the game demanding CAF and FIFA to intervene and ban Royal Leopard from
participation in these games. SWALIMO Secretary General Dr Siphetfo Dlamini had
also highlighted in their five demands that they wanted the government of
Eswatini to build a stadium and stop hosting games outside the country. Efforts
to get a comment from SWALIMO SG, Dlamini proved futile as he was not reachable
by the time of compiling this report. A message was sent to him which reflected
that he had not read it.
Leopard PRO Frank Hurube was also not reachable by the time of compiling the
report.