IN SWAZILAND, RELEASE OF BHEKI MAKHUBU AND THULANI MASEKO PROVES THE POWER OF INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARI
JOHANNESBURG: The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) welcomes the release from jail of veteran journalist and editor, Bheki Makhubu and human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko. Over a year ago, Swaziland jailed the two for contempt of court. Various attempts to secure their release had been frustrated until a Supreme Court order overturned their March 2014 conviction. Together with a number of voices within and without Swaziland, we have been calling for the two’s release, inclu