MBEDZI SICK, ADMITTED, COULD GO TO SA

MANZINI - South African national Amos Mbedzi, who is a political prisoner in Eswatini, is sick and admitted to hospital.

On top of that, there are reports that he could travel to South Africa for unknown reasons, but His Majesty’s Correctional Services (HMCS) Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) Senior Superintendent Mandla Sibiya asked not to comment on the matter. However, Sibiya confirmed that the inmate was sick and that he was receiving medical attention at a hospital, which he said he would not mention for security reasons. He mentioned that Mbedzi had been sick for a long time.

In fact, he said this was what he could say regarding issues around Mbedzi. Sibiya said he could not release any other information for security reasons. The belief that Mbedzi could travel to his home country was also compounded by a copy of a memorandum allegedly written by assistant commissioner of His Majesty’s Correctional Services directed to chief laboratory technologist yesterday. It was a request for the chief laboratory technologist to conduct a COVID-19 test as Mbedzi ‘is supposed to leave the country of Eswatini soon as the test is a preriquisite.’

Meanwhile, the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) Secretary General, Wandile Dludlu, released a statement yesterday afternoon and said earlier on the day they received reports about alleged critical and worsening health situation of Mbedzi. He alleged that according to the reports they received, Mbedzi was allegedly admitted to the Mbabane Government Hospital.

Unwell

Dludlu said Mbedzi had been unwell for quite a while now.  “As we amplify the call for his release, we wish to call upon all our members, fellow emaSwati, as well as political parties and progressive formations, to join us in a picket tomorrow (today) outside the Mbabane Government Hospital and later to deliver a petition to HMCS Headquarters, Mbabane,” Dludlu said.
He said the picket would start at 9am by the main entrance to the government hospital.  Mbedzi is the South African national who was convicted of five charges including sedition and murder. He was sentenced to 85 years and six months in prison by the High Court of Eswatini.

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