Sive Siyinqaba National Movement

The Sive Siyinqaba National Movement is a political party in Eswatini.[1][2] It is led by former Minister of Tourism Musa Nkambule and calls for a constitutional monarchy as a replacement for the absolute monarchy currently in place in Eswatini.[3]

Sive Siyinqaba National Movement
PresidentMusa Nkambule
Founded2 April 1996 (as cultural movement)
5 August 2006 (as political party)
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Constitutional monarchism
Decentralisation
Political positionCentre-right
Colours   Blue, yellow

Marwick Khumalo, a founding member of Sive Siyinqaba, was elected as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Eswatini in 2004.[4] This caused King Mswati III to indefinitely delay the opening of parliament.

On 28 November 2019, Nkambule fled from his home and went into hiding to avoid arrest following his calling on Mswati III to make Eswatini a multiparty democracy. On 18 December, he was among four individuals arrested by police on charges of treason.[5]

Sive Siyinqaba has called the tinkhundla system of government a "dismal" failure in terms of decentralization.[6]

References
  1. "Swaziland: Ex-Govt Minister in Hiding After Calling On Absolute Monarch to Hand Over Power". AllAfrica. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. "Swaziland: Sive Siyinqaba National Movement". African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. "Swaziland: Ex-Govt Minister in Hiding After Calling On Absolute Monarch to Hand Over Power". allAfrica.com. 28 November 2019.
  4. "Opening of parliament indefinitely postponed". The New Humanitarian. 5 March 2004.
  5. "News :: The Swaziland News". www.swazilandnews.co.za.
  6. "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com.
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