Swaziland's King Mswati III has added on
his wives an 18 year old beauty pageant
contestant, bringing the total number to
14, a palace official said on Tuesday.
"I can confirm that the king has
introduced to the nation a new liphovela
(royal fiancee)," said Ludzidzini palace
governor Timothy Mtetwa. Mswati, 45,
introduced Sindiswa Dlamini at a Reed
Dance celebration over the weekend.
The young woman graduated from
Mbabane's St. Francis High School last
year and is a finalist in the Miss Cultural
Heritage beauty pageant.
Mswati's lavish life style has been widely
criticised while the tiny mountain
kingdom's 1.2 million people struggle to
make a living.
Mswati reportedly has a personal fortune
of around $200 million and the UN
estimates that 70 per cent of his 1.2
million subjects live below the poverty
line.
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