SWAZILAND@NEWSLETTER EXTRA
PUBLISHED BY SOUTHERN AFRICA CONTACT (DENMARK)

Please find below/attached a list of names, personal and family details
etc. of those at present held in Swaziland after the recent wave of
arrests. Most of the detainees are either members of the People's United
Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) or of Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO).
Many have been seriously mistreated under detantion. The families of the
detainees are also in great need of support. See account details at end of
this newsletter.


Name Age. Academic Personal Details. Family Details.

1. Dlamini Ignatius B. 41 BA Degree PUDEMO Secretary Has 4 children
20,19,12 & 8 all
Humanities. General, self employed school going.
Wife works for
Earned E10,000. p/m local Royal Sugar Co. Also looks
Founder member, held after parents.
various PUDEMO posts.
former SRC president.
In good health.

2. Mamba Mduduzi. E. 34 BA Degree A contract teacher, Has 6 kids 13, 8,
7, 5, 3 & 2
Humanities, earns E4,000. p/m, months old – first 4
attend
Cert. In Edu. bread winner in family. school. Wife (Fikile
laFakudze)
Long time member of died after police severe
PUDEMO and SWAYOCO. interrogations. Children under
Was in good health, but his unemployed parents’ care.
following torture, has
developed serious body,
chest, shoulder pains,
numb right hand.

3. Nzima Robert. 40 Dip.Bus. Man. Operations Manger at
Spur Steak Ranches Single with one 7 yr old
Worked there for 9 yrs, school going child. Has
earns E7,000.00 p/m. had to vacate leased
In good health. He is a house – to start afresh
PUDEMO member. with belongings. Child is
now destitute for care
and school fees.

4. Mkhonta Sicelo. 22 Has General Unemployed. Arrested on He is single
and has no
Cert. Of Edu. Had 23/12/05 and was children. Lives with
wish to further Tortured by police. elderly unemployed
his education. Is now healthy. Is a parents.
SWAYOCO member.

5. Du Pont Goodwill. 19 Has General Cert. Unemployed and lives He is a
minor living with
of Education. Had with parents. Member elderly unemployed
wish to further of SWAYOCO. In fair mother.
education. health condition.

6. Mabuza Themba. 32 Went up to Std. 8. He is a cook at Royswa, He is
single, with 3
earns E3,000.00 p/m, children 11, 9 and 3 yrs
been there for 8 yrs. Was old. First 2 are school
tortured by police, they going. The children are
took E150.00 and now with a poor relative.
reading material. Struggling for school and
He suffers from ulcers. other fees.

7. Shongwe Vusi. 37 BA Degree Clerk at local UNICEF He is married with
two minor
office, earns E12,000.00 childrenHas been threatened
pm. Was tortured on arrest with eviction at rural Chief’s
but now in fair health. A area. Parents summoned by
member of PUDEMO. police for under cover investi-
Currently at a Mbabane gations.
Prison – conditions are
inhuman, not allowed to
see colleagues.

8. Mkhonta Kenneth 32 General Cert. He is unemployed and He is
single with no children. He
Of Education. lives with family. Was comes
from a very poor family
tortured on arrest. struggling for daily
survival.
Is now is fair health,
conditions in prison are
poor and warders
ill-treating them.

9. Mtshali 31 General Cert. He is employed in the He is single and
has no children,
Mfanawenkhosi. Of Education. transport business, but is the
bread-winner in the
Earns E1,500.00 p/m poor family.
On arrest, was
tortured, beaten in a
forest at night. Has
been police victim in
past for human rights
activism. SWAYOCO
member.

10. Jele Sipho 36 Has General Lives in the rural area He is a single
parent of 2
Cert. Of Edu. and is unemployed. children, one of who attends
On arrest was beaten, primary school and are both in
tortured. Is held with the care of a friend.
hard criminal suspects.
He is fairly healthy.

11. Nkambule 26 Has a General He lives with parents in He is singleand
lives with his
Mfanukhona Cert. Of Edu. a shanty town village parents, and has
one minor
near Mbabane. He helps child.
family sell fruits and
vegetables. Member of
SWAYOCO.

12. Dlamini 37 Has BSc. In Science Senior employee He is
married with two school
Mduduzi. At UNICEF, and earns going children. Land-lord
E12,000.00 p/m. his wife recently, and had to
relocate to rural area. His
unemployed wife now takes
care of the family.

13. Hlophe Sipho. 38 General Cert. He is unemployed. A He is single and
has three
Of Educ. member of PUDEMO. children, two attend primary
school. They are now cared for
by a friend. He has had to
vacate the leased house to a
friend’s house.

14. Dludlu Wandile. 24 A 3rd year He is at university His mother died
in 2004,
Law student doing law. He is father’s whereabouts not
At UNISWA. chairperson of the known. A close relative to the
Student Government. PUDEMO President – Masuku.
Member of SWAYOCO. He is single and has no
Member of UNICO. children.
In fair health, but
worried about studies.

15. Shongwe 43 Has Dipl. In He has not been He has lived the life of
a nomad
Mphandlana. Teaching with employed since he ever since joining
politics. His
Cert. graduated in the mother died 3 years back, He
1980’s. Govt will not has no home & no wife. Has 10
year old daughter
employ him. A founder He is one of the poorest of the
member of SWAYOCO activists and citizens, and lives
and PUDEMO. through kind donations.

16. Nkambule 25 General Cert. He is unemployed, He lives with family
members
Gibholo. Of Educ. assists family with in the poor settlements
of the
small scale hawking country. Single, and has no
and fruits and children.
vegetable sales in
the dusty shanty
town streets near
Mbabane. Member
of SWAYOCO.



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