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Swazi king gets jet for birthday

Apr 26, 2012 | Sapa-AFP | 89 comments

MBABANE - Swazi King Mswati III has received a jet for his 44th birthday despite the tiny country's crippling financial crisis, the prime minister said on state radio

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Sun May 26 07:12:16 SAST 2013 ::
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

THIS IS JUST UTTERLY DISGUSTING!

Hello people.
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Apr 26, 2012

terrabites

This guy is a cake
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Apr 26, 2012

maneater

..............i mean really now.............
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Apr 26, 2012

Bingo-Ingo

Abolish this system. How do people benefit out of it. Strange enough people are starving and this man is busy living a lavish style. Do away with the mornachy.
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Apr 26, 2012

Doculam

This dude is taking advantage of his people and makes a mockery of his own tradition. Change the system: put a democratic government in place, and let the royal family play a ceremonial role, funded with amounts as decided by the government(like in the UK). This way proper accountable governance will take place and tradition will continue.
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Apr 26, 2012

SebolaNtimetseAdikateMoketla

Agents of the west

Here is ammunition

delivered to you on a silver platter

Use it I dont care

Where is Obama?

Kwere kwere kwere kwere!
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

Sebola: And what is that confused jumble supposed to mean? And the "kwere kwere"?
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Apr 26, 2012

momopat

and who will pay for the fuel?
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Apr 26, 2012

lindsay

wow this guy is having it any tender for the fourteenth wi fe perhaps?
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Apr 26, 2012

tpaz

another mugabe
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Apr 26, 2012

Vhamsanda

What King Mswati is doing is no diffrent from what our own Top politicians are doing , spitting in the faces of the poor.
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Apr 26, 2012

Boneycool

U ya vuya maan was it really necessary?????????????
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Apr 26, 2012

Magwabane

Please build universities in Swaziland!!!!
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Apr 26, 2012

guiliano

and yet we gave this guy---------- how much?
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Apr 26, 2012

Papane

The government of this country is doing amazing thing. They are financially troubled and on the other hand keeps on feeding their King with lots and lots of money. Mzansi and other countries must not be fooled and feel pitty for them. Mswati is totally behaving like a gold-digger.
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Apr 26, 2012

MyDali

Oh Lord have mercy on the poor souls suffering as a result of this man's extravagant nature :-(

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Apr 26, 2012

Bdoobs

I wish I born a king, this guy's royal penis is taken care of by 12 African beauties, now it will be cleaned while flying, lucky son of a b!tch.
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Apr 26, 2012

Fisharo

Sebola, are you serious bro? Tjoooooo
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Apr 26, 2012

BaleliM

T he c ountry is c rippled by p overty a nd p eople a re d ying d aily f rom la ck of m edicine a nd this m an de cided t o b uy a j et?
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Apr 26, 2012

Phunyukabemphethe

From bailout account
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

guiliano: Exactly. The damned thing was bought with SA bailout money.
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Apr 26, 2012

Makhosini0408

This is sheer madness of the highest order, my King. Its sad how things have turned out in this once thriving country, that has been also ran down by ignorance, in the name of culture.

However, I still have good memories of growing up eFanteni, near Mbabane.

CRY THE BELOVED SWAZILAND.
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Apr 26, 2012

TheDictator

My understanding is that it is a birthday gift,whats wrong with it.All of you do receive birthday gifts so isnt Mswati too entitled to one.
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Apr 26, 2012

Bra_NeatDick

whre are ny comments
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Apr 26, 2012

pierre2012

@ tpaz
another mugabe
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Mugabe is more intelligent than him, although he has his own weaknesses too.
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Apr 26, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

He receives a jet for his 44th birthday whilst his people eat dung bloody fatcake.
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Apr 26, 2012

slicky

This dude or his government must not expect not even a blue cent from south africa...he must just 4get about borrowing money from us. Bloody Agent!!!!
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Apr 26, 2012

tumzangwana

his country is in shambles, he asks for a loan, then he gets a jet for a birthday present? this guy is just an unbelievable dum.b @ss. he really needs to get his priorities straight otherwise he is going to find himself ruling over a bunch of skeletons because his people would have perished of hunger while he is living large.
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Apr 26, 2012

slicky

this dude must not even think about asking cash from us...not even a blue cent. this mornachy crap is nonsense!! NXA!!
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Apr 26, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

@tumzangwana
Heelang nnana ha ke sa o tsebe kgaitsedi yaka feela o ntse o phetse?


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Apr 26, 2012

Makhosini0408

TheDictator
My understanding is that it is a birthday gift,whats wrong with it.All of you do receive birthday gifts so isnt Mswati too entitled to one.

If he want toys, let he go and celebrates his birthday at McDonalds. This is the same guy that came here for a loan, and now this nonsense?

The country has high unemployment rate, HIV/AIDS has reached alarming proportions. Maybe sometimes, there is nothing common about common sense, in his case.
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Apr 26, 2012

zulustereotype

F This Guy.
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Apr 26, 2012

Sinudeity

Yeah, F*** this guy.
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Apr 26, 2012

MommaC

Have they paid us back for bailing them out yet?

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Apr 26, 2012

tumzangwana

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
@tumzangwana
Heelang nnana ha ke sa o tsebe kgaitsedi yaka feela o ntse o phetse?
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chee, ke ntse ke phetse ntate, mathata ga a yo. lona bophelo bo ntse bo ya jang fela ka moo?

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Apr 26, 2012

tumzangwana

MommaC
Have they paid us back for bailing them out yet?
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not that i remember. maybe he took the money and put it in his ever increasing fortune and just gave the people who really needed that money his big fat middle finger. he is just a typical dum.b sh!t.

@Sin and @zulustereotype

i three third you, yeah F*ck this guy.

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Apr 26, 2012

Ayobas

Some African leader are greedy. Every year he gets married, hence ba mo jela jaana, wives are hungry ko beteng
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Apr 26, 2012

Makhosini0408

@MommaC
Have they paid us back for bailing them out yet?

I speak under correction here, but we did not give them any mola because HIS Majesty was not happy about the conditions of the loans. The last time, I heard, they were negotiating with the government of Qatar, and they were positive that they will get the loan.
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Apr 26, 2012

Guru-Meditation

@Bdoobs...You can just imagine the blessing of bonking_ 12 women at once. Some people are blessed indeed. Talking about a life of a pornstar_.
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Apr 26, 2012

Phuphethakatha

"His majesty's government has the honour to announce to the nation that the king has received a gift of a DC-9 aircraft from development partners and friends of the king, to be used by their majesties for travels abroad," Dlamini said.
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Who exactly are they? Why did he not divert the money for that jet to priorities like poverty etc ?

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Apr 26, 2012

ProudlyNigerian

@Bdoobs ..is the sex the only thing you can "pick" from the article ?? With sickos like you around,no wonder r@pe is so rife in SA.
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Apr 26, 2012

MAARKENG-JANONG

SAns are going to pay for the jet fuel, strus God. Don't forget our honourable President will soon mary one of his sisters. Also not forgetting that we bailed him out with R2bn last year. Makes sense, doesn't it?
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Apr 26, 2012

Maader

This guy must be Zuma's idol. Zuma is trying very hard to compete with him, but still has a long way to go. But it's fine. Another term in power, and I'm sure he will get there.
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Apr 26, 2012

ProudlyNigerian

@RobinH ,MommaC and Guilano, while i find what this king did very annoying ,we must stick to making factual comments.

Mswati never signed the document SA provided before the loan can be released to him so he never "collected" the loan from SA so SA tax payers should not make any claims in regards to the plane.

The money comes from the swazi people he has been scr3wing for decades.
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Apr 26, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

OMG................

Paty worth millions whilst his subjects eat cow dung...........

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Apr 26, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

@tumzangwana
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
@tumzangwana
Heelang nnana ha ke sa o tsebe kgaitsedi yaka feela o ntse o phetse?
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chee, ke ntse ke phetse ntate, mathata ga a yo. lona bophelo bo ntse bo ya jang fela ka moo?
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Ke phetse kgaitsedi yaka.


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Apr 26, 2012

Nhlanhlaz

Whats wrong with black people and power? Instead of serving the people he sees fit to spoil himself with the luxuries of this world while hos people are starving to death
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Apr 26, 2012

Bumboklaat

Mugabe/Zuma/Juju all rolled up in one f@cked up individual.
Selo se se nyako fagoliwa!
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Apr 26, 2012

Manarchy

REIGNS. not reins.
this mswati is a slap in the face of all poor. send malema to visit.
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Apr 26, 2012

Naked

Oh screw him,

African leaders must unite and help eradicate dicatorship in Africa. Soon Africa will be a dicatorship led Continent. Zimbabweans, Swazis and any other country in similar state cant fight their leaders alone. They need the help of all the African countries as in yersterday.
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Apr 26, 2012

Naked

@Nhlanhlaz
Whats wrong with black people and power? Instead of serving the people he sees fit to spoil himself with the luxuries of this world while hos people are starving to death



..........eish sadly brother if a black person is in power ,he will literally show you gore bosso ke mang! Its like these people have no hearts,conscious whatsoever. The rich get get stinking richer while the poor get poorer....Slikour was spot on: ...give them a little money they think they rule!

I dont care who says what but at times I feel being black is a curse.
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Apr 26, 2012

Gejazembe

Nxa... This guy is the real messup nosense!
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Apr 26, 2012

TKay

auwa banna.....and his people are suffering - our goverment bailed him out and now he is throwing 3m down the drain....what a selfish cow
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Apr 26, 2012

Bdoobs

ProudlyNigerian

@Bdoobs ..is the sex the only thing you can "pick" from the article ?? With sickos like you around,no wonder r@pe is so rife in SA.
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I will never r@pe, not even a g0at. So tell the reasons behind the rife of Boko Haram, smart @ss
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Apr 26, 2012

MommaC

We did "loan" Swaziland the money. It was channelled through Sacu. The 5 member states have bailed them out to the tune of about 7 billion Euros.
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Apr 26, 2012

MbuziniRuralBoy

uyabona labatsi kwa Mswati kuyeyana straight....i refuse to believe that this is a gift in the true sense of the word gift.
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Apr 26, 2012

Nhlanhlaz

@Naked

.eish sadly brother if a black person is in power ,he will literally show you gore bosso ke mang! Its like these people have no hearts,conscious whatsoever. The rich get get stinking richer while the poor get poorer....Slikour was spot on: ...give them a little money they think they rule!

I dont care who says what but at times I feel being black is a curse.
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That's so true hey, take a black rich person and a white rich person, the black person will go out of his way to show all of the sundries how wealthy he is by driving expensive cars and the white guy will go out of his way to get great investments for his money so that even his gran-gran children will benefit his money
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Apr 26, 2012

s.cold

hey shut up,,,,,,,,dont you know that we live once,,use what u have to the best,,,isemhlabeni la
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Apr 26, 2012

Ingxabano

Hayi usile lomfo.
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Apr 26, 2012

Skhumbasengwenya

Ladies and gentlemen don't mislead each other, Swaziland didn;t take that 2.4 billion bailout from South Africa because of many conditions which were not favoured by the king and his cabinet.Go to http://allafrica.com/stories/201201260298.html.
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Apr 26, 2012

Naked

@Nhlanhlaz

s.cold
hey shut up,,,,,,,,dont you know that we live once,,use what u have to the best,,,isemhlabeni la

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Nhlanhla? u see the mentality im talking about?
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Apr 26, 2012

Lehido

And still our dear president gives this man Billions or Rands and call it a loan
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Apr 26, 2012

Nhlanhlaz

@Naked
@Nhlanhlaz

s.cold
hey shut up,,,,,,,,dont you know that we live once,,use what u have to the best,,,isemhlabeni la

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Nhlanhla? u see the mentality im talking about?
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Yah i see it and he forgets that when he dies he will leave the rest of his family here on earth to fend for themselves
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Apr 26, 2012

MommaC

Skhumbasengwenya

That is why the money was channelled through the SACU network. Look it up if you don't believe me
Why else do you think that Swaziland hasn't been repossessed yet?
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

The D i c k Tator. No normal person thinks as you do. Seek help.
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Apr 26, 2012

Gogosboy

Yati loMakhosetive uyedzelela yena uphila kahle ibe bantfu labaholako badla bulongo betinkhomo. Ayi cha he is the Devil's agent
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Apr 26, 2012

Makhosini0408

@Nhlanhlaz
That's so true hey, take a black rich person and a white rich person, the black person will go out of his way to show all of the sundries how wealthy he is by driving expensive cars and the white guy will go out of his way to get great investments for his money so that even his gran-gran children will benefit his money

In all fairness, I perfectly understand your argument, but let us remember that we have the Motsepes, Sonos, Motaung, Khozas, Maponyas, Kunene Brothers and others, who I have not yet read an article, flashing their cash and they were rich before the tenderpreneurs graced our screens,

On the other hand, we have the likes of Kenny Kunene, Mandla Mthembu (sham) and others of our brothers and sisters in the music industry, soccer players and business people, who have fallen on hard times, owing to fashing their cash or bad investments.
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Apr 26, 2012

s.cold

Nhlanhlaz
@Naked
@Nhlanhlaz

s.cold
hey shut up,,,,,,,,dont you know that we live once,,use what u have to the best,,,isemhlabeni la

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Nhlanhla? u see the mentality im talking about?
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Yah i see it and he forgets that when he dies he will leave the rest of his family here on earth to fend for themselves
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hey both of u dont try to be smart ne,,money is money(simple language)even in big companies,government,parastatals,families this thing is common,,,,ixoxo nexoxo umazigxumele ne!
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Apr 26, 2012

s.cold

Gogosboy
Yati loMakhosetive uyedzelela yena uphila kahle ibe bantfu labaholako badla bulongo betinkhomo. Ayi cha he is the Devil's agent
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from hourse's mouth.,,,,,,,,,,rest my case,,,,,hi mswati!
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Apr 26, 2012

manyobaa

me im starting to think what r.acists w.hites are saying about africans to be true! what the f@k is this se.x addict d.oing?
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Apr 26, 2012

Gogosboy

s.cold
from hourse's mouth.,,,,,,,,,,rest my case,,,,,hi mswati!
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Cha Vele iyangenyanyisa lentfo leyentiwa ngulomfokati ngatsi uticabangela yena yedvwa akati kutsi akusibo bakhe labantfu kepha baJehova. Basukela Gadaffi Bambulala batsi uhlukemeta bantfu kepha nyalo bathulile Makhosetive uyatentela nje. NXA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Apr 26, 2012

tsayaya

with 13 w!ves!, no wonder he has no time to wear trousers and sho.es, just a kanga and traditional flops, so that when he is erect, he just flip off the flops and slide the kanga sideways, in it goes to the nearest passing by w!fe
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Apr 26, 2012

TShe0123

13 wives?

speechless.

he must be Jacob Zuma's role model this guy.
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Apr 26, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

R!diculous.. He's so pathetic, people are starving and he's busy wasting money. there's no development partners niks lah.. sponsors or any development partner will reel for publicity and acknowledgement(transperency) why in this case they're anonymous..?
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Apr 26, 2012

MAARKENG-JANONG

they are actually going to be bosbare (brothers-in-law) very soon cos Showara will soon be tying the knot with mswati's sister
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Apr 26, 2012

Idohl

What?????
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

Maarkeng: Nothing would surprise me about our sexy dancer anymore.
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Apr 26, 2012

Notorious

"king has received a gift of a DC-9 aircraft from development partners and friends of the king"


it does not make sence to me.

A bribe may be?

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Apr 26, 2012

maftowncity

Mxm..oho...
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Apr 26, 2012

WarrenG

Fukk this fool.
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Apr 26, 2012

Arehone

This is boring
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Apr 26, 2012

MissBhakajuju

@ProudlyNigerian

who's the current President of Nigeria ???
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Apr 26, 2012

MTHUNZIWEYINKUKHU

Uyabona wena Mswati masende akho, angeze ulingene izulu noma asiloka Ma.You are just another e toll case to the people of Swaziland. Uzonya one day ngiyakutshela ma lonomgogwana wakho usufika ekugcineni.Sekuseduzane!!
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Apr 26, 2012

maftowncity

@MTHUNZI..

Hayi bo Baba...cool down mfowethu, i know you are angry just like anybody else...lets respect that title he holds..and we know he abuses it...but show him Ubuntu baba..the fact that he is a King makes difficult for us,cos thats not the way Kings handle things....his day will come when the people of Swaziland will put this to an end..May i live to see that day..!
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Apr 26, 2012

Budapat

rated amongst Forbes' 15th richest monarchs but reins on the world's poorest nation, shame and by the way we still awaiting our LOAN to be settled boy!!
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Apr 26, 2012

Sane1

Let the dude have a plane. He's a King afterall. It's an embarrasment for a King not to own one. At least he's got one up compared to his father King Sobhuza.
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Apr 26, 2012

KOTSOMPIE

If friends do not have any problem with a king that does not do anything for his people ,then South Africa will have to carry a burden of Swaziland because even the President of South Africa is slowly trying to close the gab ,he is currently at six ,so what can we say ? The next thing Our president had friends whilst he was still facing corruption charges maybe he is going to get the same gift when he is at 13 like Mswati ;;;; The world is there to judge these developments , it is just we africans that thinks many wives are like a status ,but we hear news that they spent time with bodyguards and that says a lot when it comes to just marrying ,,marrying any woman you see in mini-skirts
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Apr 28, 2012

Labig

Bo Zumba ga ba feel neh... Mxm
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Apr 30, 2012

Ngwana-Modimo-Feela

the king enjoys his life and his 13 wives? while his ppl eats cow dungs? this guy will be sorted just like Gaddaffi,then next will be Mugabe....
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