A Swazi police officer has been suspended after she blurted out while in a spiritual trance that she wished for Africa’s last absolute monarchy to end, a church official said Wednesday.

Dumsile Khumalo, a junior police officer in the eastern town of Mliba, was at an inter-faith prayer service last week when she was heard speaking in a trance that a royal ritual now under way would be the last one, said Sidney Nyembe, secretary of Concerned Church,  an association of Swazi religious leaders.

Senior religious leaders were all questioned by police and released, while Khumalo was suspended from her job, he said.

Khumalo was also ordered to appear before the head of royal affairs, Timothy Velabo Mtsetfwa, who will decide if she should be expelled from the police and exiled from her community for insulting King Mswati III, he added.

“We condemn this harassment in the strongest possible terms, because this fellow worshipper attended the prayer in her personal capacity and spoke the things she is accused of while in holy spirits,” he said, referring to her trance.

“No one should be blamed or harassed for things said in prayer. We met her today... to encourage her and to tell her to be strong because she did nothing wrong. We then prayed for her,” Nyembe told  AFP.

Mswati is currently in seclusion for two months, a royal ritual observed annually that keeps him away from any official duties or family.

A financial crisis that has left government battling to pay salaries to civil servants has sparked a wave of pro-democracy protests this year, leaving the palace especially edgy about any criticism.

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Dec 1, 2011

ManInTheMirror

hayi man, the woman na le ko moyeng, things get revealed when you are in the presence of the all mighty...they must take the revelation serious. The king must just stay outside parliament and let political parties lead.
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Dec 1, 2011

tsayaya

Mswati is currently in seclusion for two months, a royal ritual observed annually that keeps him away from any official duties or family.
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aha!, aya shisa amasende manje, if he does justice to his 13 wives, his p!p! is supposed to be as thin as lesokwana!, no wonder he no longer wear trousers and sho3s, but a kanga and sandals, so that when he erects, he wastes no time undressing and taking off sho3s, but just flips the kanga aside and kicks the sandals off feet, horny g0at!
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Dec 1, 2011

MuAfro

In accient days, the goverment always sought advise from the church leaders/prophets today the opposite is happening, the king wants to get rid of the GOD fearing young lady.
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Dec 1, 2011

tlouable

Swaziland is the biggest joke in the world.....
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Dec 1, 2011

Akhonto

@tsayaya -hahahahhhaha
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Dec 1, 2011

MuAfro

@Tsayaya
If Mswati's Secrete Services hear all this crab from you, they will beat the hell out you .........lol
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Dec 1, 2011

BiBi

hayike isimanga weren't people supposed to be praying instead of listening to what others were saying and mpimpi them hawu nkosi yami imihlola
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Dec 1, 2011

tsayaya

MuAfro
@Tsayaya
If Mswati's Secrete Services hear all this crab from you, they will beat the hell out you .........lol
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they know that's the truth, wena if u had 13 wives would you've time to wear trousers and sho3s?

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Dec 1, 2011

Sharpino

NXA. I have never wish someone to die but if i had that choice i will say let Mswati die and now...........Nto ye bare ke kgosi ke se tlaela.
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Dec 1, 2011

MuAfro

tsayaya
MuAfro
@Tsayaya
If Mswati's Secrete Services hear all this crab from you, they will beat the hell out you .........lol
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they know that's the truth, wena if u had 13 wives would you've time to wear trousers and sho3s?
I would only put on a kanga, but the man needs a 2 months break otherwise he is not gonna survive the woman demands.
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