It's time King Mswati III introduced reforms
Africa's last absolute monarch must allow an elected prime minister to head the government
The Kingdom of eSwatini is burning down, and King Mswati III should not be telling the people that Qu'ils mangent de la brioche (let them eat cake).
Instead, the king should take history lessons to learn what happened to Marie-Antoinette of the Habsburg family from Austria and her husband, Louis XVI of the Bourbon family in France, after uttering this famous phrase...
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