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Swaziland: Brigadier Fonono joins the siswati/English language debate

For a number of years now, English has remained a passing subject and despite calls from certain sections of society for a review of this, things have remained unchanged, notes the Observer.

Retired Army Commander and cultural connoisseur Brigadier Fonono Dube said it was irrational that English remained a passing subject when siswati was the country’s mother tongue. His speech was met with thunderous applause from the teachers although he might have ignited the English/Siswati debate and which amongst the two should be made a passing subject.

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