PUDEMO Extraordinary Congress held at Elijah Mango College of
Education, Nelspruit Republic of South Africa, August 2008


Declaration

The Peoples fighting organ and the trusted fighters and defenders of
our People have met here in the Republic of South Africa, Elijah
Manago Collage of Education to reflect on the political situation in
Swaziland and accordingly position the Movement to meet the
challenges of the time , adopt a correct mode of doing work and usher
our freedom.

The conditions under which our people are living under requires of us
to double our efforts in the fight against the parasitic tinkhundla
royal ruling regime. We can not as a People's Movement allow the
calculated killing of our People thought starvation, with acute food
shortages, poor health care system which has become genocide with
hospitals being slaughter houses, the rise in the cost of food and
other commodities, making life unbearable, the HIV & AIDS pandemic
which has spiraled to uncontrollable levels and the regime being
arrogant to the needs of the people.

Understanding and acknowledging the attack by the regime on the
Peoples resources through the extravagance as displayed by the regimes
high appetite for leisure and in the process sending the country's
economy into the doldrums. The poor people of our country continue
living on hand outs and literally scavenging in dustbins.

The Peoples fighting spirit for self emancipation and determination
has been demonstrated in the mass action activities undertaken by the
organs of the people as a demonstration of unity against a common
enemy and their determination to end the many years of royal
oppression and exploitation .

We are inspired by the determination and combat radical action of the
woman of our country , which must be built as a foundation towards the
National Women's Movement "Nsondonzima" to fight the arrogant
plundering of the national resources and monies by the royal family.

It must be understood from now on that this display of arrogance in
handling national resources forces us to target all tinkhundla
activities as an expression by the Peoples United Democratic
Movement's and the poor's anger in the manner we are being governed.

The regime desires to remain in power and its total refusal to
facilitate genuine democratic processes towards transition into a free
and democratic Swaziland has resulted in its adopting a military
offensive by the Peoples Movement and the Poor.

We undertake to ensure that Mswati comes to his sense to stop the joke
called national elections and in this regard to raise the level of
struggle by turning every community into a site of struggle against
elections towards a free and democratic Swaziland whose primary
mandate is to make the lives of the People better through free and
democratic elections.

We declare to the world that the regime will not be allowed to
monopolize violence against the Peoples Movement, its Leadership,
Cadres and their families. The Peoples Movement has also noted that
our People and Comrades are no longer safe both inside and outside
the country's boarders.

We therefore declare that we are taking a decisive action to protect
our People and Comrades . We declare that PUDEMO is embarking on the
highest form of struggle and sacrifice of military and combat action
against the Mswati regime and all its structures and extensions.

We further declare and embrace the existence of the PUDEMO military
organ, the Swaziland Peoples Liberation Army. The Peoples Army shall
protect the People of Swaziland , our Leadership and our Cadres. The
Peoples Army shall embark on a total military onslaught against the
enemy.

The struggle will be advanced through the political, military and
combat action, the action will be a) a military strategy for the
attainment of the Peoples power for the poor and the oppressed and b)
specific responses to enemy attacks.

We take this opportunity to salute the People of Swaziland for having
stood by the Peoples Movement under the prevailing trying conditions
over the years. PUDEMO, its Leagues and the Peoples Army want to
assure the People of Swaziland even at this late hour that we shall
execute this task and noble cause with utmost discipline, dedication
and respect of life.

We shall never abandon the coarse of the People until the People of
Swaziland are free. We declare to the world that we will not rest
until there is freedom and democracy in the country which will be a
product of a free and democratic elections.

We welcome the Peoples resolve to move in unison towards a free and
democratic Swaziland and the birth of the Swaziland United Democratic
Front (USDF) hails a historic moment in the struggle of the People of
Swaziland and we declare to work with and support this mass of organ
of the People of Swaziland.

The year 2008 presents an opportunity for the People of Swaziland to
take decisive action against the ruling royal regime and end the 40
years of royal slavery.


FORWARD TO REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE FOR FREEDOM, FORWARD !

LONG LIVE PUDEMO LONG LIVE!

LONG LIVE SWAYOCO LONG LIVE!

LONG LIVE SBHEJANE LONG LIVE!

LONG LIVE NSONDONZIMA LONG LIVE!



LONG LIVE THE SWAZILAND PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY (SWAPLA) LONG LIVE!