{"id":87046,"date":"2026-04-22T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:48:37","slug":"pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals","title":{"rendered":"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majesty King Mswati III\u2019s double celebration tomorrow at Somhlolo National Stadium.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This has been disclosed by the Ministry of Home Affairs Communications Officer, Mlandvo Dlamini, on April 20, 2026 on national radio, the Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service (EBIS).<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini was interviewed on what Emaswati can expect as the week started building towards the national celebrations on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The government spokesperson said this will be a very busy week and said it started on Sunday, April 19, 2026 when His Majesty the King celebrated his 58th birthday. He said it brought Emaswati and the Ministry great joy to witness God bless His Majesty the King with more days on earth.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini said it will be a historic moment when Emaswati join the King commemorate 40-years on the Throne this week.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that it has not been an easy journey for the King since he assumed the Throne four decades ago. He said there has been ups and downs but the nation was pleased to see such development progress since the King assumed the Throne in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini noted that Emaswati can pinpoint certain development achievements attained by Eswatini while thex King led with God\u2019s wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, as it is a Monday, regional roadshows continue. We will host the final roadshow since this initiative began a while ago. They were hosted in areas such a Nhlangano, Pigg\u2019s Peak, Siteki, Mankayane and Malkerns. Today, we will start at the Satellite, Ezulwini, via Corner Plaza, the Gables to Somhlolo National Stadium in Lobamba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow, it\u2019s the final rehearsals where we expect Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers as well as senior government officials to be in attendance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the final rehearsals will continue until the much-anticipated Friday. Dlamini said visitors from outside the kingdom were also expected to join Emaswati during the celebrations where they will also display their cultural dances.<\/p>\n<p>He said as the Ministry of Home Affairs, he wanted to assure the nation that this year\u2019s celebrations will be nothing like anything the nation has ever seen before. He said they will deliver something he described as a \u2018bombshell\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini said as they had been doing through the roadshows initiative, they continued to encourage the nation to join Their Majesties during the upcoming celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eswatini<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majesty King Mswati III\u2019s double celebration tomorrow at Somhlolo National Stadium. This has been disclosed by the Ministry of Home Affairs Communications Officer, Mlandvo Dlamini, on April 20, 2026 on national radio, the Eswatini Broadcasting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-87046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majest ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majest ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T09:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T09:48:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-22T09:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-22T09:48:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals\"},\"wordCount\":415,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals\",\"name\":\"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-22T09:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-22T09:48:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majest ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals - Eswatini","description":"Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majest ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals","og_description":"Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majest ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-04-22T09:00:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-22T09:48:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals","datePublished":"2026-04-22T09:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T09:48:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals"},"wordCount":415,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg","keywords":["Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals","name":"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-22T09:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T09:48:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Prime Minister (PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend final rehearsals of His Majest ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/sm_1776838033.888595.jpg","width":1080,"height":720,"caption":"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pm-and-cabinet-attend-final-celebration-rehearsals#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PM and Cabinet Attend Final Celebration Rehearsals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/","name":"Eswatini","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87059,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87046\/revisions\/87059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}