NEHAWU mourns the passing of comrade Mario Masuku
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The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) mourns the passing of the founding President of the People s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Comrade Mario Masuku.
NEHAWU conveys deep and heartfelt condolences to the Masuku family, PUDEMO and the entire progressive movement of Swaziland.
POPCRU mourns the passing of Cde Mario Masuku
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The Police and Prison Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has learned with sadness the passing of Comrade Mario Masuku, an eSwatini internationalist intellectual and former leader of the People s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO).
Cde Masuku was born in October 1951 in the Southern part of eSwatini, and was an instrumental part of PUDEMO, which has been fighting for democratic change in that country since 1983.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is deeply saddened by the passing of a gallant and revolutionary leader of our time, Comrade Mario ‘Bhambatha’ Masuku. Comrade Masuku lowered his flag as the long-standing President of the banned political entity, the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), after serving the movement for over 22 years. Masuku passed away on the 11th of January 2021, at the age of 70. Former President Mario Masuku played an outstanding role in the evolution of the people’s revolution for democracy and social justice in Swaziland, and he is amongst the key figures that contributed immensely to the growth and development of PUDEMO. He led PUDEMO from the underground between 1983 and 1990, actively building an organ of political consciousness in advancing the people’s struggle. Part of his contribution to PUDEMO was building mass democratic underground structures.
The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] has learned with great sadness, the passing of Comrade Mario Masuku, the long serving President of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO). Comrade Mario Masuku is known to be an outstanding, fearless and relentless activist, an intellectual and a leader par excellence. Comrade Mario Masuku was the founder of the Swaziland Union of Financial and Allied Workers (SUFIAW), an affiliate of Swaziland’s largest trade union federation, the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA). He was a committed and rare working-class activist at all times, leading from the front during difficult times.