Swazi strike could disrupt transport

MANZINI – Transport
disruptions can be
expected to be minimal
but unpredictable for this
week’s three-day general
strike in Swaziland if
previous similar events are
anything to go by.
The country’s major
trade unions were due to
down tools from April
12-14 in Manzini, Mbabane
and the southern provincial
capital Nhlangano to protest
government policies. The
industrial site at Matsapha
was also expected to be
affected. On the SA side of
the fence, Cosatu, the South
African Communist Party
and other SA organisations
allied with the Swaziland
Federation of Trade Unions
and Swaziland’s political
progressives in general
were also planning to
demonstrate.