Ackel Zwane, The Swaziland Observer
Former University of
Swaziland political science lecturer Dr. John Daniel is dead. He died on July
25 of an undisclosed cause.
He was very popular among
students, especially South Africans for his role in providing scholarships to
those exiled by apartheid during his tenure in Swaziland in the eighties. He
was, however, very unpopular with the establishment headed by then Liqoqo
following the passing on of King Sobhuza II in the early eighties. Dr. Daniel
was thought to be instrumental in giving advice to the student representative
council which ran endless battles with Liqoqo that wanted a firm control of the
university. He assisted many South Africans who wanted to join the liberation
movements especially the African National Congress and the Pan African Congress
with passage to then frontline states where these organisations were based. He
was more inclined to assist the ANC.
