MBABANE - Swaziland’s King Mswati III has chosen an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant as his 14th wife, a palace spokesman said Tuesday, days before a much-criticised parliamentary vote. ”I can confirm that the king has introduced to the nation a new liphovela (royal fiancee),” said Ludzidzini palace governor Timothy Mtetwa. Mswati, a 45-year-old who is sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, introduced Sindiswa Dlamini at a Reed Dance celebration over the weekend, Mtetwa told AFP.
Baba Lulu pia ameelezea kusikitishwa kwake kwa kushindwa kuhudhuria mazishi marehemu Steven Kanumba kuhofia usalama wake, na kusema mazingira yatakaporuhusu hata sita kufika nyumbani kwa marehemu Steven Kanumba na kutoa pole. Bw Kimemeta amesema kuwa anaungana na Watanzania wote kutoa pole kwa familia ya Marehemu Steven Kanumba na kutoa mkono wa pole kwa msiba huo mkubwa ambao haukutarajiwa.Kasema kuwa Kanumba alikuwa bado ni kijana mdogo aliyeonyesha umahiri kwenye sanaa na kwamba amecha pengo kwa familia yake na Tanzania kwa ujumla.