{"id":73246,"date":"2025-07-13T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-r80-million-spending-on-wives-amid-crisis"},"modified":"2025-07-13T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:24:09","slug":"king-mswatis-r80-million-spending-on-wives-amid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-r80-million-spending-on-wives-amid-crisis","title":{"rendered":"King Mswati’S R80 Million Spending on Wives Amid Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>King Mswati, an absolute Monarch, has once again splashed over R80million public funds for his over ten(10) wives who left the country on Friday afternoon to Indonesia and Dubai-the United Arab Emirates(UAE) merely for, shopping amid social challenges including the worsening health crisis within the tiny Kingdom.<\/b><\/p>\n

An independent investigation uncovered that, the Queens travelled with over seventy(70) royal guards, each royal guard will receive about five hundred thousand Rands(R500,000.00) as a traveling allowance while each Inkhosikati to King Mswati allegedly received over R3million.<\/p>\n

As a result,the collective royal extravagant spending amounts to over R80million and this includes allowances for all the Personal Assistants(PAs), traveling costs and the security team among other expenses.<\/p>\n

But a flight tracking system suggests that, the King\u2019s wives travelled with Mswati\u2019s Private Jet or Airbus A340-313X registered 3DC-SDF and, to the same destination-Indonesia.<\/p>\n

Inkhosikati Nomcebo Hlalanani Zuma, Inkhosikati Siphelele Sicebile LaMashwama, Inkhosikati Sibonelo Mngomezulu(LaMbikiza), Inkhosikati Angela Dlamini LaGija, Inkhosikati Noliqhwa Ayanda LaNtenteza and Inkhosikati Zena LaMahlangu are some of the Queens appearing in the electronic evidence obtained by this publication.<\/p>\n

Inkhosikati Nomcebo Zuma\u2019s passport further suggests that, before taking this trip to Indonesia, she allegedly travelled to South Africa from the 19th June 2025 and came back around midnight on the 4th July 2025, this publication previously reported that, she was at Nkandla-KwaZulu-Natal(KZN) and King Mswati allegedly sent a royal delegation to negotiate her return.<\/p>\n

But eMakhosikati LaMatsebula and LaMotsa, the senior King\u2019s wives were not part of the trip and, they were seen with King Mswati gracing the 50th Anniversary for the Eswatini National Provident Fund(ENPF) on Friday evening at the Mavuso Trade Centre-Manzini.<\/p>\n

Reached for comments on Saturday afternoon, King Mswati\u2019s Spokesperson Percy Simelane said, his Office \u201chas not yet received information regarding the travel in question\u201d adding that, he \u201cwouldn\u2019t have known about it as he handles the official business\u201d for the Monarchy not groceries and shopping.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy office has no information on the travel in question. Logically we are irrelevant to family grocery purchases or shopping because they don\u2019t fall under the official business category\u201d, said the King\u2019s Spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Eswatini is facing a health crisis amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals, dozens have died since the crisis erupted triggered by rampant corruption in the public administration, with Government struggling to fund the public health system as billions sustain King Mswati and his royal family\u2019s extravagant lifestyle.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. King Mswati, an absolute Monarch, has once again splashed over R80million public funds for his over ten(10) wives who left the country on Friday afternoon to Indonesia and Dubai-the United Arab Emirates(UAE) merely for, shopping amid social challenges including the worsening health crisis within the tiny Kingdom. 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