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Swazi King Mswati To Wed 15th Wife
SWAZILAND’S King Mswati III has chosen an 18-year-old beauty-pageant contestant as his 15th wife, a palace spokesman said on Tuesday, days before a much-criticised parliamentary vote.
“I can confirm that the king has introduced to the nation a new liphovela (royal fiancée),” said Ludzidzini palace governor Timothy Mtetwa.
King Mswati, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, introduced Sindiswa Dlamini at a reed-dance celebration over the weekend, Mr Mtetwa said.
She wore red feathers on her head — a sign of royalty.
The young woman graduated from Mbabane’s St Francis High School last year and is a finalist in the Miss Cultural Heritage beauty pageant. The winner will be announced on September 28.
The king has come under fire for his household’s lavish lifestyle while the tiny mountain kingdom’s 1.2-million people struggle to make a living.
King Mswati reportedly has a personal fortune of about $200m and the UN estimates that 70% of his 1.2-million subjects live below the poverty line.
He has steadfastly resisted reforms.
The new engagement was announced at a festival that also counted regional delegates who will observe parliamentary elections on Friday.
Critics have slammed the polls as a sham, partly because political parties are banned and candidates are hand-picked by traditional leaders.
The weekend’s celebrations were a smaller repeat of last month’s official annual reed dance, where young virgins from across the kingdom gather and dance for the king.
“It just happened that the international community was there to witness the event,” said Mr Mtetwa.
The wedding only takes place once the fiancée falls pregnant. Ms Dlamini will then become King Mswati’s 15th wife.
The monarch’s colourful private life is off-limits in local media but has drawn international interest.
Three wives left the household in recent years. The latest, Queen LaGija, fled the palace in 2012 claiming years of physical and emotional abuse.
Another queen, LaDube, was reportedly abused after she was caught in bed with the justice minister, a close friend of the king.
King Mswati had kidnapped and married the queen when she was 16 in 2005.
Sapa-AFP
• This article was amended on September 17 2013 to reflect the fact that Ms Dlamini will be the king’s 15th wife, not the 14th.
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tash
September 18, 2013 at 12:32 am
awe mwandini…
kizito
September 18, 2013 at 12:35 am
Uyu chikala alomfwa bwino
one man woman
September 18, 2013 at 1:42 am
lol..
adviser
September 18, 2013 at 1:31 am
Abena kizito mwandepaula mwe yah!
One n Only
September 18, 2013 at 1:48 am
Kanti neva!!!! olo bukala bwashani akwata. Atase! Pretty sure the women only get married to him for “good milile” not for love.
Zambian
September 18, 2013 at 2:57 am
King Mswati. All he does in life everyday is, eat and sleep with these girls. What a life !!
MWAMBA 24
September 18, 2013 at 4:17 am
uyu chikala aliba selfish. Kanshi akopefye isonde lyonse.
musuma
September 18, 2013 at 5:38 am
mutototo anwa uyu mambala ikali.. elo shikali inembo akoma uyu *********. ama lelwe yekayeka fye (na fyola)
m y o b
September 18, 2013 at 6:24 am
kizito…kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkke.sunvela mwana.
i bet this guy has massive fire power.
mbewa
September 18, 2013 at 7:03 am
Insuna too much this guy…
Denkete
September 18, 2013 at 7:22 am
Anhwela malaiti mu body from his nuts to his toes and back to the nuts ngati achaya tubafana.
mwendabwangu
September 18, 2013 at 7:26 am
kizito repent of your wickedness
Lets Reason
September 18, 2013 at 7:48 am
Time for change… We cant allow these lunatics to use women as sexual objects..his kingdom doesnt even serve the pipo 1.5M pipo but majority live in poverty
Mpangula Mputyu aka TeamDoraPetauke2013
September 18, 2013 at 7:57 am
This guy really feasts. feasts and alone all these virgins??? kali itemwa kamambala.
mambala alalya. U cannot invite him to your house, kuti akulila utwana.
The 3ye
September 18, 2013 at 8:05 am
So tax payers pay for his weddings and his wives’s lifestyle?! This is ridiculous, and the population is just quiet about it, vili che ndwiiii. In this day and this crap shouldn’t be tolerated, atase. Ati tradition, my a!$
lubuto
September 18, 2013 at 8:19 am
Lucky man
DORIKA
September 18, 2013 at 8:23 am
Imwe, it is tradition to marry as many wives as possible. He is free from any diseases because he marries virgins. After all, men are less than women so one man to 15 women. It is fair that those of you who have vigololo and you infect your wives and girlfriends. Viva Mswati.
Kokai
September 18, 2013 at 9:22 am
Dorika tautontonkanya aii? How many babies are born with HIV in that AIDS infested country called Swaziland. From that Nr, many are girls born with aids therefore virgins there are already HIV carriers
Lisa
September 18, 2013 at 9:25 am
Dorika, there’s mother to child transmitting hw would he tell if his free? moreover th same 15 wives som go out luking for sex…wil bury him soon.
The Observer
September 18, 2013 at 1:57 pm
@Dorika, Who told you that if u marry a virgin then they won’t have HIV? Suppose she contracted the virus from the mother either thru breastfeeding or at birth, can’t she be +ve?
nafuti nafuti
September 18, 2013 at 8:30 am
ubu ebufumu.just enjoying his subjects.NDELOLESHAFYE.
malaika
September 18, 2013 at 8:34 am
so who is the first lady? or bcoz its a kingdom there is nothing like that help me bloggers especially kizito.
Osadabwa iwe
September 18, 2013 at 8:49 am
THIS MSWATI IS ALSO GETTING OUT OF HAND NOW.WHAT TYPE OF VUMBWE(SEXUAL DRIVE MUTI) DOES HE USE TO SEXUALLY SATISFY ALL THESE FRESH LADIES? HE MUST HAVE A GOOD HERBALIST AT HIS DISPOSAL.
Anonymous
September 18, 2013 at 9:23 am
Why type in block letters I D I O T!!
Sulu
September 18, 2013 at 9:37 am
Why type I DIOT in block letters I DIOT?
Kambenja!!!!
September 18, 2013 at 9:34 am
Only fools type in block letters!!!scam!!
Mukombe Wamano
September 18, 2013 at 8:53 am
Africa some of our traditions have completely no value, of what value is marrying so many wives. Swaziland is swarming in poverty yet it is a very small kingdom it must be rich. Archive some of these traditional norms the bring no value to the nation other than the Kings ego.
Mumbi
September 18, 2013 at 8:55 am
Fornication @ its highest level. This is total rubbish even those in support of these are imbeciles!
swine
September 18, 2013 at 9:03 am
Kuntu watemwa kuchita relocate ifi so!…tula twabane!
Ezemwa
September 18, 2013 at 9:09 am
king muswati is f******g selfish. opila ukuchita not utemwa
Lisa
September 18, 2013 at 9:20 am
I would prefer marrying a kamalasha than marrying this selfish king full of nyele!!atase!!
Wailetelelafya
September 18, 2013 at 9:40 am
Iwe chikala of all the things can you jst type this nonsense. Kanye elyo ushinde. How many people are suffering from this marraige problem? check your anuss properly ufumyepo amafi!satanyoko chinyochobe panputi. Atase uyu chikala. Viva Mswati!! lets go!!
AZIONONGELA KABIMBA
September 18, 2013 at 10:54 am
Imwe mulimbwa sana kabili walibola mukanwa .
swine
September 18, 2013 at 11:59 am
inga iwe problem yako nichani ala!
Amaka Pa Nchende!!!!
September 18, 2013 at 9:27 am
Political parties are banned and candidates are hand-picked by traditional leaders..This is Bullsheet!!Why ban political parties?They want to change there way of living.Village minded king, full of Sheet!!Three wives left the household in recent years.Whom do you think you are?How many young girls are you going to abuse?!!every year marriage!What kind of nonsense is that?You cant be like King Solomon you fool!!You good for nothing!!!Pervert!
test@e
September 18, 2013 at 9:29 am
Mucibemba titila ulya akakwe tabililwa mbila. let the mfumu tomba his subjects.
Its Real Things
September 18, 2013 at 9:41 am
Big up ,can only say wow wish I would be King Muswati in my next life .
CHALO BANTU
September 18, 2013 at 9:49 am
This is Chief Kambanyele because the bible says one man & one wife and the wedding which God did first was between one MAN and WOMAN, so this man is taking himself to HELL how can he marry 15wives as if he is the only man? GUYS MUKAMUPONONE FYE ATUMPISHA
Ike
September 18, 2013 at 10:19 am
Lucky man, If you get bored of your wife, simply get a new one.
pepino
September 18, 2013 at 10:34 am
Chatile muswati bu ka la nshi akwata
Ike
September 18, 2013 at 10:43 am
So a topless woman is not regarded as pornography. Interesting .
DIAMOND EAGLE
September 18, 2013 at 11:04 am
Low selfesteem,inferiority complex does that in fools when they are sitting on abundance,can you see?.Surely,how can they as a powerful king in having many wives you fail to satisify?nowander ba mushila kubakashi bwamba bwakwe.His x wife who was hamered by his guys is still in muzanzi.When will there be change in this country?
pasi wa zendera
September 21, 2013 at 5:53 pm
He is crazy No wonder why the women cheat on him how many times a month does he have sex wiyh these ladies
katwishi mukwai
September 23, 2013 at 9:53 am
mwakumbwa be ngwele,mukese ku swaziland,kwaliba tu gelo,not isho ng’anga shapa zed,ukulasuba amafuta ku menso