ANTON HARBER: Civil society takes on those beholden to King Mswati
27 October 2022 - 14:07
Artist and cultural activist Khulekani Msweli held up an oversized rubber stamp engraved with the words “Swaziland Department of Nonsense. Just shut up and be a good Swazi”.
The stamp, he said, was the weapon used by those with power to deny people their rights. One needed a stamp of authority to obtain or acquire anything. “You have been bad? You don’t deserve a stamp,” he said...
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