Wonder granted bail

According to a statement today from PUDEMO national spokesperson, Zakhele Mabuza, Wonder Mkhonza has been granted a bail of 15 000 emalangeni, approximately 1650 US$. “This is quite a huge ransom to pay for ordinary poor Swazis who lives under $ 1 per day,” says the statement. Mabuza thanked those who had campaigned for Wonder’s release, but insisted that Wonder remained a political prisoner even though he was released on bail. “The ransom he is to pay for his freedom is only meant to keep him away from the prison while out there he is still a prisoner. He joins a growing list of many political prisoners who are all our members that have been out on bail, but their cases are deliberately not finalized. In the process these are suffering from the extremely stringent conditions that are imposed on them.” Contact: Zakhele Mabuza, PUDEMO National Spokesperson, Cell: +268 76073453 Read article in Times of Swaziland here: http://www.times.co.sz/index.php/news/87225-pudemo%E2%80%99