- Phesheya Dube
Phesheya Dube is a Swazi
journalist who pretended that he reported from the midst of the fighting inBaghdad during the2003 invasion of Iraq .When the war in
Iraq started, Dube began to send "live" reports fromBaghdad to the "Morning Show" ofRadio Swaziland . Program hostMoses Matsebula even told him to take care of himself and once instructed him to find a cave to hide from the missiles. He also asked the listeners to pray for Dube when the station appeared to have lost contact with him.However, in March 2003,
Swaziland parliament legislators spotted Dube in parliament. MPJojo Dlamini demanded explanation from the Information MinisterMntomzima Dlamini in the House of Assembly. Dlamini said he would investigate and later reprimanded Dube.Dube had been broadcasting live from his home. He had based his reports on international news stories and rehashed them into his own material. Dube continues to work for the Radio
Swaziland in other capacities. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in [http://www.etown.edu/com communications] fromElizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.References
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,926991,00.html "The Language of War: Live from Baghdad"] , Jon Henley,
The Guardian ,April 1 ,2003
* [http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2003/200304/20030401.html "Bad War Correspondents"] , "The Current",CBC Radio One ,April 1 ,2003
* [http://www2.etown.edu/com/jaycrew/Sports.html "Athletic and Academic"] , by Phesheya Dube, Etown College Jay Crew Magazine, Spring 2000
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