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.