Tag Archives: Maxwell Dlamini

Maxwell: boycott undemocratic Swazi elections

February 3, 2013 no comments

“We will not partake in these undemocratic elections in Swaziland unless political parties are unbanned. We seek to intensify our boycott,” Swaziland Nationals Union of Students (SNUS) President Maxw...

Maxwell harassed by police again

January 7, 2013 no comments

“The external region of SWAYOCO [Swaziland Youth Congress] is disgusted and disturbed by reports that [Swazi] student leader Maxwell Dlamini was arrested [on Friday] for allegedly not abiding by his ...

Maxwell and Musa case continue in Swaziland

September 23, 2012 no comments

The case against student leaders Maxwell Dlamini and Musa Ngubeni continued today at Sigodvweni Police Station in Matsapha, Swaziland.  “Today the case progressed with two state witnesses giving evid...

Swazi student leader denied scholarship for being politically active?

August 13, 2012 no comments

It would seem that Swazi student leader Maxwell Dlamini is being punished doubly for having actively engaged himself in Swaziland’s democratic movement. Maxwell, a commerce student, was detained and ...

Swazi students to hold conference amidst national crisis

August 7, 2012 no comments

The Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS) – one of the most dynamic organisations in the Swazi democratic movement – is to hold their general conference between October 12 and 14 am...

Swazi student leader Maxwell: I was tortured

March 5, 2012 no comments

“I was tied to a bench with my face looking upwards and they suffocated me with the black plastic bag with a huge police officer on my stomach. They [Swazi police] asked me where the guns were and wh...

Student leader Maxwell Dlamini out on bail

February 3, 2012 no comments

President of the Swaziland National Union of Students, Maxwell Dlamini, has been released on bail today [3. February]. The money for the 50,000 Rand bail (€5000) – the largest bail ever in Swazi lega...

Swazi student leader’s trial begins with prosecution witness lies

January 19, 2012 no comments

The trial of Swazi student leader and political prisoner, Maxwell Dlamini, finally started last week after having been postponed and delayed since last April, where Maxwell Dlamini was apprehended by...

Steve Biko’s legacy lives on in Swaziland’s civil society

December 18, 2011 no comments

Looking at South Africa today, it is clear that the approach of the ANC has not ensured socio-economic justice for the majority of South Africa’s blacks. Indeed, the rich-poor divide has broadened, a...

Maxwell Dlamini’s trial to finally begin?

December 12, 2011 no comments

Will the trial of Swazi student leader, Maxwell Dlamini, and his co-accused, Musa Ngubeni, finally be heard in court? The trial has been delayed since Dlamini and Ngubeni were detained in April, in c...

Petitioners from around the world call for the release of Maxwell Dlam...

December 8, 2011 no comments

The Free Maxwell Dlamini Campaign has started a petition for the release of Swazi student leader and political prisoner, Maxwell Dlamini. Dlamini was detained and charged with possession of explosive...

Imprisoned Swazi political prisoner: don’t mourn over me

November 7, 2011 no comments

“It is very unfortunate that a brave young comrade like Maxwell Dlamini [President of the Swaziland National Union of Students] can be made to stay in prison while we need him outside to pursue the s...

Swazi political prisoners interrogated by South African police

October 3, 2011 no comments

In a strange twist to the case of student leader Maxwell Dlamini and political activist Musa Ngubeni, both awaiting trial for allegedly being in possession of explosives in connection with the democr...

Swazi student leader tortured, framed

October 1, 2011 no comments

Press release from the Free Maxwell Dlamini Campaign - Students and other young people are at the forefront of the democratic uprisings of 2011 around the world. They have been the main instigators o...

Swazi regime stalls student leader’s court case

July 31, 2011 no comments

Is the Swazi government, ruled by absolute monarch King Mswati III, trying to bleed student leader Maxwell Dlamini and his lawyers dry financially in the court case against him? Given the long delay ...

Huge support for Free Maxwell Campaign

June 14, 2011 no comments

”This is just a way to scare students from excising their right to freedom of speech,” “Stay strong Maxwell,” “Solidarity from Barcelona. We send you our energy and strength!!!,” “In solidarity! from...