DO WE STILL NEED THESE CALL BOXES…..Or solo kuyadliwa

This writing is not targeted to any institution or individual but it is my concern over the fast growing market of cellphones in our slowly financially drained Kingdom of Swaziland . This has resulted to the lesser and lesser numbers of people in Swaziland using public pay phones which call ‘coin or call boxes’.

I mean in the urban populace I have noted that out four people fully grown adult  are always be in possession ( despite considering if it has call credit or not)  and since I finished my high school over a decade ago  there is an evident t impact cellphones had on the business which had been solely operated by the Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications company in Swaziland.

This business is the one some indivuduals abused to empower their friends with huge tenders in the supply, maintenance and installation of  landline phones. I would like to thank MTN (even though it is enjoying unfair advantange of monopoly in the cellular phone business) for coming up at the time we were complaing of malfunctioning or poorly serviced coin boxes and landlines.

It is after the arrival of MTN that a number of Swazis divorced the hard wired phones and fell in love with their Nokia, Alcatels, Orange , Samsungs which has not only connected them to the world but has brought a lot of domestic wars in the love circles.

I have noted that in a week I hardly see a soul making a call in a coin box due to the the now readily available means of communication and a majority of the communication options available in this world are utilised via the cell phone.

  

Therefore, in many ways, the decline of landline phones and the rise in cell phone use does not simply mark a shift between one type of phone to another. The decline of the landline is also a reflection of how individuals have changed in our preferred means of communication.

 We as a culture have embraced new technologies, alternative ways of contacting each other, and even new ways of being marketed to by companies.

The public has become more open to being contacted on their cell phone by mobile/web marketing companies.

There is evidence that the decline of landline phone usage can also be attributed to the current economy. As an increasing number of people started using cell phones, households continued to pay for landlines because they were used to having them. With the decline of the job market, many households have had to choose between a landline and a cell phone. Because the cell phone can be used almost anywhere, is frequently more expensive than a landline, and cell phones have other features such as internet access, the cell phone becomes the obvious choice. The cellphone innovation has led me to wonder why the Swaziland Posts and Communications does not reduce the coin boxes around the country as to minimise its costs of maintenance on unused gadgets or somebody is blessed with a lifetime money spinning venture on unused gadgets…Then government should intervene 

JUST WANNA HIT & RUN

Has anyone today thought of the effects of the game of hide and seek sultry moment with your unknown hit you had last night. Fine it is so fulfilling to you that last night you had a firecracker of sexuality: short , explosive easy find from your drinking hole.

Being a person who has seen and experienced a lot on such I know most one night stands in the Kingdom of Swaziland revolve around non attachment but with continuous sexual encounters between the two of you the connection becomes more physical.

In comparison a lot of women try by all means to have their apartments nicer than those of men which most of the time of night out it's the most appropriate venue for the hit & run.

These things you find that they happen when one has not planned so one wouldn’t want his dirty socks and unwashed sheets make your place look like the aftermath UNISWA students protest march. It is just funny because most men in Swaziland  wouldn’t want to ruin the encounter with these smelly forces of their apartment.

It is also noteworthy that most women’s apartments give most men room to fly if things head south (labashukela).

Like it has happened in the past an accidental slip of her ex-boyfriend’s name ruins the mood quickly and it would the best moment to fly out of her apartment. It is no hidden fact that everytime you are in a woman’s room an exit plan is always at the back of our minds in case I have to abandon lomkhumbi.It is no hidden fact that leaving is always easier than getting her to leave. Umkhandza sekawashe lelibhuluko lefike aligcokile.

I have always imagined that most one night stands ;she does not know you; everything is physical-no prior knowledge and no strings attached (except for one, potentially).

Mhm! Was thinking just the other day of when do one think of his own safety in this regard because it is no hidden fact that these one nighters bring less needed risks and imagine leaving he apartment with an unwanted souvenir of syphilis….

Vele ! asiticabangeli some of the people reading last night drilled without any hardware…then what? Fatal results….rather be safe than sorry
There is one stupid mentality most of my peers (not excluded wholly) have is that a one night stand inflate our egos

PROTESTERS ARE NOT GOVERNANCE ENEMIES

WE ARE VULNARABLE TO TERRORISM

With the wake of the number of protest marches engulfing the country , being a patronic laid back Swazi I feel everyone in authority should understand that the civil society is the enemy of the State. From their submissions and demands it shows that just like any nation be it Libya  or Syria they are just protesting to intolerance , fanaticism, corruption, cupidity and lack of understanding in the calls for democratic reform.

It is for that reason that I feel that their continued marches in the country streets and chant of political slogans is no value to an inconsiderate individual who only prindes clinging onto power and forced respect.

It is not a hidden fact that a majority in the streets protesting are educated and their contribution in the call for political reform is dismally inadequate considering the enormous challenges that the threat of terror poses as they thrive towards a nonviolent future. If I would borrow from Hastings 2003,159 ; a true democracy requires critical consciousness: the compassionate and considered participation of all citizens .

The current culture of curbing protests is just one sweet strategy of fuelling terrorism because some those in opposition of the current state of affairs in the country are paralysed by fear and are currently feeling powerless to bring change in our tiny Kingdom Swaziland.

It has been evident that the use of stunt grenades is an effective tool used by the country’s security forces to instil fear  to anyway attempting to call for change. It is for this reason that I personally these fear inducing tactics are warning everyone of the impending crisis and doom at the hands of those in the past had terrorism architecture on public buildings and politicians.

I wouldn’t want to lie that during my days as a journalist , I was very delighted to receive a scoop on a terror attack at the country’s National Courts because it brought myself as a journalist on the spotlight of reporting about a rare occurrence in the country. So what good does it bring to the country? I bet with you such acts impact directly on the ordinary Swazi because he/she has to dig down and pay taxes to rebuild the attacked structures, while at the same time the Government would bee forced to buy ‘coolest’ weapons to counter terrorism thus increasing the country’s annual budget on our ailing economy.

With the current situation of not listening to the protesters the country will be vulnerable to terrorism which will face through political opportunists current dreaming of overthrowing the current regime.

I am just one hate fan of terrorism because it is a manifestation of the culture of war and injustice that pervades most societies and nations. It is high time while government is closely monitoring the current political situation to acknowledge deconstructing , disarming and countering the myths surrounding this culture of violence and preparing civil society to respond to any kind of threat with clear , informed vision and some kind of systemic analysis that favours nonviolence.

I may just sing my own lovely tune of calling the country’s authorities to set out governing principles which would emphasize humanization and connection; realise democratic family and social structures which support gender, equality and engage all members of civil society; result in low level violence and abuse ;and nurture the environment which global civil society shares.

It is now time through the Human Rights structures within government make education a pivotal role in creating hope and a vision. The country is desperately in need to develop in civil society a peace –oriented perspective that would tackle terror by human intelligence. I therefore call for peace education in all its complexity to develop that intelligence and expose the inter-connectedness of the multiple kinds of violence.

Let us just do away with the notion that those calling for change are ‘enemies’ of the system , we must embrace and engage them, and understand the motivations for their actions. Government should just take responsibility for the nation’s complicity in and contribution to the way the country has been run.

Swazis let us do whatever it takes to discover the power within us to create a country in which all forms of violence , including the terror perpetrated by some forces within our security structures while maintaining Law and Order

AS I PASSED THROUGH YOUR AREA-This what i saw

BAYETHE-"LET THE BALL ROLL IN SENATE"

LOBAMBA- His Majesty King Mswati III reportedly ‘commanded’ Parliament to focus on Bills.

Yesterday Senate had an unusual sitting as it is common knowledge that it does not normally do business on Tuesdays as it is a day in which Cabinet sits. Senate President, Gelane Zwane, described yesterday as special.

In an interview she said the King had ordered that all laws with a potential of saving the economy be prioritised and be dealt with prior to His Majesty going into seclusion anytime now.

"The King said all these laws must be done so that he signs them before going into seclusion. These same laws will determine what the Appropriation Bill will look like when we budget next year. The King said all laws that would help government generate revenue must be passed in preparation for the budget," she said.

Prior to the interview, inside chambers, she came down hard on Cabinet for apparently disregarding the royal command.

Zwane who is also KoNtshingila acting Chief was infuriated by the absence of some ministers yet they were quite aware that they were instructed to drop everything else.

Only the Deputy Prime Minister, Themba Masuku and Finance Minister Majozi Sithole were present at the start of the session.

The president accused Cabinet of practising double standards after allegedly rushing to tell the King that everything was at a standstill as no laws were being passed in Parliament.

A week ago the prime minister lamented that parliamentarians were seemingly snubbing enacting laws but spent much time moving motions yet it is not their core business.

"I do not understand the absence of ministers. I know it is Tuesday but this is a very special one. Everything comes to a standstill, everything. This is a command. I am surprised. I object to this very strongly," she said.

Even an explanation from Masuku that the ministers were on their way from other commitments did not appease her.

She said ministers did not waste any time but dropped everything to attend a sitting in the other chamber under the same command.

The president said it is apparent that Senate is looked down upon.

"Your explanation does not hold water, not at all. There is no justification. You even emphasised that it was a command. You had no decency to come to the office of the president to explain yourself. Then I would have understood not to come and find empty seats, especially when most of you (Cabinet) are senators," she said.

Zwane added, "You are supposed to report to me. You are still senators."

She said she has an oversight role to play over senators serving in Cabinet.


(Extract taken from www.times.co.sz)

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