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Swazi court rejects eviction of chiefs

Women suffering from fistula wash their clothes together. Sylvia Spring/IRIN
Women suffering from fistula wash their clothes together
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    The Appeal Court of Swaziland has declared illegal the eviction of about 200 KaMKhweli and Macetjeni residents with their chiefs, news reports said on Thursday. The court described the evictions, which were carried out at midnight on September 13, as “inhumane and callous”. The court on Wednesday ordered the immediate return of the evicted chiefs with their families and followers. The people were evicted after they refused to accept a senior royal prince, Prince Maguga Dlamini, an older brother of King Mswati III, as their chief. The order for their eviction was issued by his brother, who is the minister of home affairs, Prince Sobandla. The two chiefs are currently living in exile in Secunda in Mpumalanga in eastern South Africa.

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