It is public knowledge that my journey as a journalist has been going through a rough road of course, with potholes that smooth surfaces but, I’ve learned that “being hated by a dictatorship Government automatically gives one credibility in the eyes of the international community”.
The credibility arose from fact that, most international organizations are fully aware that, any undemocratic Government that strives on secrecy perceives the independent media as an enemy because, sometimes it reports critical news that does not favour the State.
It is for these reasons, the more the independent media is rebuked by the Eswatini Government, the more it gains international recognition and support because, most international organizations wants diversity of news and, those news cannot be disseminated in a more diverse way, if all publications are controlled by the State.
The media is facing challenges not only in Eswatini but within the African continent, it’s just that in Eswatini you find even very stupid people like King’s Interpreter Sihle Dlamini telling the media what to write, these fools think just because they work with King Mswati, then they have all the powers to tell journalists how to do their job.
The media is actually facing a political ‘corona virus’ but it’s curable.
It’s not only Sihle Dlamini, even “Sibutseki from eMalawini nasifake emajobo nje nemhelwane locotfukile” can just invade the newsroom claiming to be there to deliver an order from the King and block a story.
But maybe there’s nothing wrong with these royal lunatics invading Eswatini newsrooms to block stories because some media companies are owned by royalty or the Government, but the problem starts when they demonstrate a political appetite to control even the Swaziland News that is registered and operating in South Africa.
It should be noted that, there was a strategic reason why this publication was registered in the neighboring South Africa, one of the reasons was to force anyone seeking to challenge it in court, to approach the South African independent courts not the Swazi courts and if that person has a genuine case, that matter will be handled by independent Judges.
Eswatini Government lost a case against this publication at the Mpumalanga Court, there’s no way in South Africa where lunatics can just wake-up in the morning and decide to silence the media, maybe in the Spaza Swazi courts.
The Swaziland News will report anything critical about the Eswatini Government and the royal family, lunatics like King’s Interpreter Sihle Dlamini will do absolutely nothing to silence this publication except to read and enjoy critical articles.
Why those who claim to be ignoring this publication are the first ones to know what the Swaziland News has published and, other platforms learn through Sihle Dlamini’s platform that some public figures are responding to this publication.
This means Sihle Dlamini is a loyal reader of this publication, almost every five (5) minutes he is reading this publication.
Now that Facebook has approved Swaziland News to earn money through articles, Sihle Dlamini will contribute to the online revenue generation for this publication. Siyabonga kuMtukulu weMtukulu, we-Mntfwanenkhosi Njebovu.
King’s Interpreter Sihle Dlamini.