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Swaziland - CP: Our comrades are no arsonists

THE Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) demanded yesterday the release of four of its members who have been charged with arson.

They were arrested following Sunday’s torching of four rondavel huts in the town of Siphofaneni in the Ka-Ngcamphalala aristocratic chiefdom of Mshikashika II.

CPS leaflets reportedly found at the scene were used to pin the attack on the communists.

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