Phesheya Dube

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Phesheya Dube is a Swazi journalist who pretended that he reported from the midst of the fighting in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

When the war in Iraq started, Dube began to send "live" reports from Baghdad to the Morning Show of Radio Swaziland. Program host Moses 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. MP Jojo Dlamini demanded explanation from the Information Minister Mntomzima 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 communications from Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

[edit] References

• "The Language of War: Live from Baghdad", Jon Henley, The Guardian, April 1, 2003
• "Bad War Correspondents", The Current, CBC Radio One, April 1, 2003
• "Athletic and Academic", by Phesheya Dube, Etown College Jay Crew Magazine, Spring 2000