Mswati's birthday demands from poor subjects
R5 million budgeted for the celebrations, even though the kingdom is struggling with a fiscal crisis
Swazi King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, has ordered his impoverished subjects to give him cows for his birthday celebrations this month, the home affairs minister said
Chiefs from the Shiselweni region, where the celebrations will be held, will have to canvas their subjects for cattle to be slaughtered for the king, who turns 44 on April 19, Prince Gcokoma said.
“Chiefs from the Shiselweni, as hosts, are expected to provide cattle to be slaughtered on the day,” Gcokoma told AFP.
“They are fully aware of the fundamental role they’re expected to play as they are the ones who will be hosting the king on his memorable day.”
Gcokoma said the country’s precarious finances meant the government did not have enough in the budget to pay for the event, which was cancelled last year due to the crippling fiscal crisis that has left the kingdom struggling to pay wages.But the government this year has nonetheless pledged to make a contribution toward the five million rands ($652,000, 490,000 euros) budgeted for the celebrations.
Mswati is rated by Forbes magazine as among the world’s 15 richest monarchs, with a personal fortune of more than $100 million. He has 13 wives, each with their own palace.
But 60% of his subjects live on less than two dollars a day (R15 a day) in one of the world’s poorest countries, which is bordered on three sides by the continent’s economic powerhouse South Africa.
Swaziland’s banned opposition party Pudemo has demanded that the kingdom cancel the birthday party.
“We call for the celebrations to be cancelled and the resources channelled to the provision of scholarships for deprived students,” party spokesman Zakhele Mabuza said.
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njini
Mswati is rated by Forbes magazine as among the world’s 15 richest monarchs, with a personal fortune of more than $100 million. He has 13 wives, each with their own palace.But 60% of his subjects live on less than two dollars a day (R15 a day) in one of the world’s poorest countries, which is bordered on three sides by the continent’s economic powerhouse South Africa
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how selfish can you get! with so much money yet he still demands from the poor people!!
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tumzangwana
Mswati is rated by Forbes magazine as among the world’s 15 richest monarchs, with a personal fortune of more than $100 million. He has 13 wives, each with their own palace.;;;;;;;;;;;
if that's the case why the hell doesnt he pay for his own damn party celebrations?
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MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Swazi King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, has ordered his impoverished subjects to give him cows for his birthday celebrations this month, the home affairs minister said*******************************************************************************************************
Selfish piece of sh!t................ you want them to give the very same cows that give them dung (food) in order for them to take their ARVs.
You disgusting filthy boar.............
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MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Gcokoma said the country’s precarious finances meant the government did not have enough in the budget to pay for the event, which was cancelled last year due to the crippling fiscal crisis that has left the kingdom struggling to pay wages.But the government this year has nonetheless pledged to make a contribution toward the five million rands ($652,000, 490,000 euros) budgeted for the celebrations.Mswati is rated by Forbes magazine as among the world’s 15 richest monarchs, with a personal fortune of more than $100 million. He has 13 wives, each with their own palace.
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What a contradiction............... R5million for a man worth $100 million............ Fukc Mswati use money from the companies that the royal household have. Tongaat/Hullet and others...........
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njini
AND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO WITH 13 WIVES!!?Report Abuse
manyobaa
This motha f@ker must get aids and di.eReport Abuse
Sporty
What is so more important about his birthday? maswati and mugabe spend fortune on their birthdays while their people are suffering... how pathetic....Report Abuse
100%Boer
Monna yo owa gafa straight!Report Abuse
TheDictator
1 Samuel 8v10-1810 So Samuel passed on the Lord’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
11 “This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.
12 Some will be generals and captains in his army,[a] some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, and some will make his weapons and chariot equipment.
13 The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.
14 He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials.
15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants.
16 He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle[b] and donkeys for his own use.
17 He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.
18 When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the Lord will not help you.”
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That's what happens when you do not acknowledge God (or don't appoint godly leaders) in your kingdom or country or life.
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Blackstone.lebs
@ Guru Meditation:itshware sentle man, ke eng wena?
like a CEO demanding money from a teller...that's extreme.ly heartless of the ab.solute mona.rch...mxm ka figure belt?
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