THREE-DAY PROTEST GOES AHEAD

The three-day national protest in Swaziland called to start tomorrow (27 July 2011) is to go ahead.

Talks between unions and the Swazi Government conducted by the Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Commission have come to nothing.

President of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU), Barnes Dlamini confirmed to the Swazi Observer newspaper that the protest action was going ahead.

Areas expected to be affected by the protest, which will include strikes, include Matsapha, Manzini, Siteki, Pigg’s Peak, Nhlangano and Mbabane.

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