17/11/2025
Across eSwatini, amputees are discharged into communities with little to no follow-up care, a silent crisis unfolding far from the country’s policy promises. eSwatini has 146,554 people with disabilities. Three in ten of them (38,905) have a mobility disability. Inhlase has uncovered a critical driver behind this neglect: the government’s long-standing failure to hire adequate rehabilitation professionals, particularly psychologists, leaving amputees without the support they need to survive and adjust after life-altering surgeries.
By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo Sipho Dube (65) from Bethany says he left Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital in Manzini on crutches after losing his leg — but without the rehabilitation support he needed to recover. His case is not unique. Across eSwatini, amputees are discharged into communities wit...
