STATE CAPTURE EXISTS IN ESWATINI – S’THOFENI

LOBAMBA – Just like in neighbouring South Africa, the evil of state capture does exist in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

This is according to a presentation that was made by top businessman S’thofeni Ginindza yesterday at the Sibaya People’s Parliament.
By definition, state capture is a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state’s decision-making processes to their own advantage.

When making his presentation, Ginindza first mentioned that his views were going to differ slightly from the agenda of the day.
He stated that emaSwati needed to start being honest when it came to issues related to the economy and political situation and that they should never be afraid to express their views.

Ginindza said emaSwati had a tendency of talking about issues among themselves but when they got the microphone on public forums they changed tune.
The state capture assertion by Ginindza came when he touched on the issue of corruption which he said had reached high levels in the country.

“Being someone who sits in various boards, I once asked a certain individual if he was captured. Those who follow South African news will know the issue of state capture. It exists in Eswatini and around E200 million is lost through corruption,” said Ginindza.

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Ginindza said most of the issues that had been raised at the People’s Parliament had been deliberated upon before and made an example of the need to explore the development of dams.

“Those issues have been deliberated upon at different workshops so now we need to be honest and ask why all the goals that were introduced in the past were not implemented or achieved,” he said.

He then made an example of the political situation and asked if it made sense to portray it as a Rolls Royce when the international world had a different picture altogether.

“It should not be just us that feel that out political situation is a Rolls Royce but even the international world must testify because in the end the negative publicity impacts heavily on the economy and its growth,” he said.

He recounted an incident where he, together with other dignitaries, was once sent to represent the country in Brussels at a European Union (EU) Conference.
According to Ginindza, the EU, which benefits the country in terms of the trading of goods, wanted to know what was happening in the country.
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“We were obviously facing challenges including the risk of losing the EU aid and markets. When we got inside the EU Parliament, they demanded an explanation on reports that local jails were overcrowded by political prisoners. It became clear that they did not understand the Rolls Royce we believed we were, instead they knew us as a Honda Fit,” he said.
He said the fact that there were negative perceptions about the country was affecting the tourism sector and investors and that it meant that the international community did not know the facts about Eswatini politics.
“How can foreign direct investors (FDIs) come to our country when they have been told that our jails are full of political prisoners? We must not just repeat the same issues but take action,” he said.

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