NATCOM SUMMONS MBONGWA TO REVEAL ‘COMMANDER’S IDENTITY

MBABANE – The National Commissioner of Police (NATCOM), William Dlamini, has called upon SNAT President Mbongwa Dlamini to reveal the identity of the ‘commander’.

SNAT is the abbreviation for Swaziland National Association of Teachers. Yesterday, Mbongwa, through the SNAT Platform social media pages, circulated an audio of his telephonic conversation with the NATCOM. When contacted by this publication, Mbongwa confirmed the audio he had recorded during his phone call with the NATCOM.

confirmed

Also, the NATCOM confirmed to have spoken with Mbongwa via the phone, though he said he was not aware that Mbongwa was recording him. In their conversation, the police chief told Mbongwa that the reason for the call was that they were shocked as security agents by his (Mbongwa) statements where he was urging teachers not to go to their respective workstations amid the threats issued by the ‘commander’. The NATCOM said as the police they would like Mbongwa to come forward to explain to them as to who the commander was. He wondered why Mbongwa confused the country so much.

During the phone call between the two, Mbongwa asked how he had confused the country and the police chief replied by asking him where teachers were because they did not show up at schools since Mbongwa issued the warning not to do so as the ‘commander’ had spoken. The NATCOM further asked Mbongwa who the ‘commander’ was and told him he would have to come forward and tell the police who he was because as police they did not know him.

challenges

The police chief told Mbongwa that this was a serious matter as he was having challenges at work because they were letting people speak anyhow without following the law. Mbongwa asked the NATCOM if it was wrong for him to warn teachers about the threats, but the latter asked where Mbongwa heard the threats. He further said Mbongwa should have reported to the police about any threats. The police chief said he would call Mbongwa on the date he would be summoned to the police headquarters. In an interview with this publication, the NATCOM said though he was not aware that Mbongwa was recording him he would still have to come to the police headquarters to explain himself on his statement of instructing teachers to stay at home. “This is a national security matter,” said the NATCOM.

instructed

He said as the police, they would not sit back and clap hands when Mbongwa instructed teachers to stay at home, leading the school- children to wander on the streets as they were turned back from schools. He said Mbongwa did not have powers to direct teachers to stay at home. He said they would allow the law to take its course and allow Mbongwa to explain himself on the matter. The commissioner said if the police would be satisfied with Mbongwa’s explanatio,n it shall be fine. Meanwhile, in an interview, Mbongwa said as a law-abiding citizen, he would respond when the police called him.

obligated

The SNAT president said as the president of the union looking out for the interests of the teachers, he was obligated to look at things that may pose danger to their members. He said it surprised him to receive the call from the NATCOM because the issue was between the employer and employees. “I don’t know where the NATCOM features in such issues,” said Mbongwa. He added that the NATCOM was the one who had to inform the country who the ‘commander’ was since he (NATCOM) had an Intelligence Unit responsible to investigate such.

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