JUDGE MAJAHENKHABA, 3 OTHERS ACCUSED OF CAUSING INSTABILITY

MBABANE - Supreme Court Judge Majahenkhaba Dlamini and three others are accused of causing instability at Nkhaba that may lead to bloodshed.

A faction  that consists of ETVA Chief Executive Officer Bongani Sigcokosiyancinca Dlamini, Indvuna Vusi Petros Kunene and Gwajumbe Hezekiel Dlamini  has since taken Judge Majehenkhaba,  Palestine Jonga (nee Dlamini), Thumbumuzi Dlamini and Absalom Shabangu to court. Nkhaba is the home area for both the judge and the ETVA boss. In the court papers, the judge has been cited as an adult male of Nkhaba and his position is also mentioned. The bone of contention emanates from a chieftaincy dispute in the area that has been dragging for some years.   The faction that consists of ‘S’gcoko’ claims that a family council unanimously agreed to designate Mandla Napoleon Dlamini as the Chief while the judge’s group wants Mbuso Dlamini.

Warriors

It is alleged that the Judge Majahenkhaba-led faction has followers comprising of men called libutfo (warriors) and women. According to Indvuna Kunene, the warriors were a risk and potential danger to the peace and stability not only to the chiefdom, but also to the entire nation, which is otherwise known for peace and stability. “On or about January 26, 2020, while our inner council, through a standing practice introduced by the acting chief, that each and every year we start the year with a prayer, the respondents came to the prayer session at or around the cattle byre to disrupt the prayer meeting,” submitted Indvuna Kunene. He alleged that the judge and the three others came with a contingent of 10 to 12 men and women to the prayer service that was held outside the cattle byre.

Disrupt

Kunene, who holds himself as the rightful Indvuna of the area, alleged that the judge and his cohort had on three occasions forced their way into the chief’s residence to disrupt and/or hold meetings in full view of people who had restrained themselves from a possible bloody confrontation. “On October 12, 2019, the respondents came leading a contingent of their followers  and bulldozed their way into the chief’s residence cattle byre despite the inner council and my resistance. They slaughtered a cow, got Mbuso Dlamini shown to the people as chief designate and performed installation traditions in full view of everyone. 

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