PM WITHDRAWS 'STRANGLE' THREAT

From Swazi Media Commentary Mon Aug 11 2014, 05:39:00

Swaziland's Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini has apologised 'unconditionally' for saying workers' leaders should be 'strangled' for opposing his government. This followed an international campaign of condemnation. 

Dlamini told the Observer on Saturday, a newspaper in Swaziland in effect owned by King Mswati III, that he did not mean to be taken literally. 

'Basically, I withdraw the comments I made on the union leaders. I withdraw them unconditionally,' the newspaper reported him saying.

This came after the United States Department of State called Dlamini's comment 'threatening'.

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