Women’s Day: Blame apartheid for our miseducation
Like many of my fellow Swazis, I’ve come to accept that our country could just as well be classified as a South African province. It annoys the hell out of us when South Africans in particular say, “You guys in Swaziland MUST just be officially incorporated into South Africa as a tenth province and Lesotho the 11th…” It doesn’t annoy me anymore though. Firstly, because I realise that even if Swaziland did become a part of South Africa, it would not happen in my lifetime. Secondly, the reality is that we depend heavily on South Africa for most commodities including electricity, mobile telephone communications, food, jobs…you name it. Heck we even use their currency as legal tender inside our kingdom, just like the BaSotho. Simunye (we are one) We sing along with vigor to their gospel harmonies courtesy of the likes of Joyous Celebration and Rebecca Malope, and we dance like mad to their Kwaito. We scratch our heads a few times before calling a distant Aunt to remind us who our