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	Mswati III of Swaziland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mswati III (born Makhosetive on April 19, 1968) is the king of Swaziland.
		Mswati's rule has been criticised for ignoring the growing problems of his subjects while lavishly spending his nation's wealth on his own personal comfort, including buying a fleet of royal limousines, a luxury jet that cost a quarter of the nation's annual budget, and building and renovating palaces to house his many wives.
		She was officially made King Mswati's bride in a traditional marriage ceremony in May 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mswati_III (997 words)

	Clowning Glory: Absolutist Insists He is No Dictator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mswati ordered in 1996 that a new constitution be written, but progress had been slow in a process led by the king's brothers...
		Mswati currently has 11 wives and one fiancée (you are not a “true” Swazi queen until you’ve borne the king a child) and he intends to choose a new bride from the annual “reed dance” celebration.
		Perhaps Mswati is right to be indignant at being labeled a dictator; where else but in his kingdom can a young girl hope for such a transformation based on the benevolence of her sovereign.
	clowningglory.typepad.com /blog/2004/08/absolutist_insi.html (947 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Profile: Troubled King Mswati
		King Mswati III has not had much peace of mind since he was first married and nor has he had any peace on the political front.
		Mswati admitted then that it could be difficult to cope with the pressure of work.
		Before King Mswati went into seclusion in preparation of the Incwala (fresh fruit-eating) ceremony to be danced later this month, he made it clear that when he returns, he will introduce major changes in government and the traditional structures.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/1692217.stm (901 words)

	Swaziland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 2001 King Mswati III appointed a committee to draft a new constitution.
		King Mswati III is often criticized for living so lavishly in a nation that is afflicted by one of the world's highest HIV infection rates.
		His fleet of luxury cars, millions spent towards refurbishing his numerous wives' luxury mansions, are at odds with the approximately 34 percent of the nation that stand unemployed, nearly 70 percent of which live on less than a dollar a day, and with around 39 percent of adults who are afflicted by HIV.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swaziland (847 words)

	anb464-e07
		When such a king is the 35-year-old King Mswati III of Swaziland, this king is taking the opportunity to choose his next wife who will join the horde of wives residing at his royal kraal.
		Mswati III is also spending enormous sums of money on his wives, as most of them live in luxurious houses and are chauffeur-driven in luxurious cars, and this at a time when most of his subjects are living in poverty.
		King Mswati’s brother, Prince David Dlamini, who is writing the new constitution, says there is no room in the Constitution for discrimination against women, but adds that none of its provisions will be allowed to stand if they are in conflict with Swazi law and custom.
	ospiti.peacelink.it /anb-bia/nr464/e07.html (810 words)

	Swazi king takes teen as 12th wife
		When asked if Mswati III would be prepared to have his own daughter taken as a wife at such an early age, Gama laughed it off and refused to comment.
		Asked how she felt about Mswati III taking a teenage girl as his 12th wife, the King's third wife Queen Sbonelo Mbikiza, also known as La Mbikiza, said yesterday that she knew nothing about "those arrangements", saying she had just arrived from South Africa.
		Zena Mahlangu, whose affair with Mswati III was widely publicised when her mother objected to the monarch taking the girl as his 11th wife last year, recently gave birth to the King's 23rd child.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,186-187_1587762,00.html (519 words)

	swaziland.ca - Mswati II of Swaziland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King Mswati III was crowned king of Swaziland on April 25, 1986 at the age of...
		1982 and was succeeded by his young son Mswati III, after a period of regency by Queen Dzeliwe and...
		and was succeeded by his young son Mswati III, after a period of regency by Queen Dzeliwe and...
	www.swaziland.ca /Mswati-II-of-Swaziland/reference/fullview/wikipedia/... (353 words)

	The Witness Group - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Readers will recall that just over a year ago, the 18-year-old schoolgirl was collected from school by two courtiers of the king and father of the Swazi nation, Mswati III, and taken to him "for royal duties".
		Mswati III is one of the few remaining kings in the world to have absolute power: no titular or ceremonial role for him.
		Mswati III, despite his education at an English public school, seems bent on remaining a despot in the ancient mould.
	www.witness.co.za /content/2003_11/19669.htm (375 words)

	Government
		The young man charged with the responsibility of leading his people into the new millennium is King Mswati III, known to Swazis as the Ngwenyama, which means Lion,the youngest ruling monarch in the world, who celebrated his 31st birthday on April 19 is one of three ruling kings on the continent of Africa.
		King Mswati III, though a young man, seems to carry the spiritual royal authority combined with a modern sense of diplomacy and patience, that can serve the nation and keep it secure during this dynamic democratic process.
		King Mswati is a soft-spoken lion of a man, with broad shoulders and a strong stride.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /africa/99/swaziland/government (1593 words)

	africa.iafrica.com \| c2cnews Swazi king picks 13th bride-to-be
		Swazi King Mswati III has picked a 17-year-old schoolgirl as his new fiancé who will be introduced to the public as his 13th bride-to-be once she passes an HIV test, royal sources told AFP on Monday.
		She will be "unveiled" once she passes an HIV test and once she gets royal blessings from the Queen Mother Ntombi Thwala of Swaziland, where close to 40 percent of the population is living with HIV and Aids.
		Mswati, a polygamist who is know as "Ngweyama" or the lion, has ruled the mountainous kingdom wedged between South Africa and Mozambique since 1986, when he acceded to the throne at the age of 18.
	africa.iafrica.com /c2cnews/409542.htm (339 words)

	King steers traditional monarchy close to the wind of change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		ALEC Russell in Mbabane interviews King Mswati III of Swaziland who is struggling to preserve his family's absolute power.
		Mswati was chosen to be king as a 14-year-old ahead of more than 60 half-brothers by virtue of his youth, disposition, and the character of his mother.
		Mswati closed by insisting that he does not miss his days as a free spirit.
	www.portal.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/09/23/wswa23.html (994 words)

	Prominent People - King Mswati III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The traditionalists in the defence force loved him and he was still a great admirer of Brigadier Dube of the Force when he was 25 years old.
		Mswati was crowned king of Swaziland on 25 April 1986 at the age of 18, thus becoming the youngest ruling monarch in the world.
		King Sobhuza II, his father, died in 1982 at the age of 82, and to date is still regarded as the longest reigning monarch.
	www.prominentpeople.co.za /people/5.php (444 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: Swaziland-royals-Mswati: Swaziland's King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch - October ...
		MBABANE, Oct 16 (AFP) - Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of Swaziland, is still revered by many of his subjects, but has reached a political crossroads as opposition and international pressure mounts for change in the tiny country wedged between South Africa and Mozambique.
		For example, he has kept a son that was born of his first wife, breaking the cruel tradition of killing the offspring of these women who play a central role in the Incwala, the nations main spiritual pageant.
		While King Mswati is under considerable political pressure, the monarchys enduring popularity means that he is unlikely to see the kind of upheaval that toppled other totalitarian regimes in the region in the 1990s.
	www.aegis.com /news/afp/2003/AF031052.html (853 words)

	Engagement could end monarchy challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		JOHANNESBURG, 4 Nov 2002 (IRIN) - The weekend engagement of King Mswati III to Zena Mahlangu is likely to end a landmark case which challenged the authority of the monarchy over the tiny mountain kingdom, news reports suggested on Monday.
		The palace, infuriated by a court case challenging Mswati's right to choose his brides, last week sent the country's security chief, police commissioner, attorney-general and army commander to tell the three judges hearing the case to dismiss it or resign.
		Mswati emphasised when he ordered a new national constitution that traditional law be given equal weight in the way his kingdom was governed.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=30740 (748 words)

	Only Protect... our endangered earth - NI 378 - Worldbeaters... Mswati III
		Mswati’s response was to send a prospective wife to South Africa for HIV screening, to forbid all men (except himself) from sleeping with teenage girls and to propose a concert by Michael Jackson to raise funds for an orphanage.
		By the age of five Mswati is said to have shown a precocious interest in military uniforms.
		Mswati recently told a gathering of 500 religious leaders that democracy was, in his view, ‘a fashion unsuitable for Swaziland’.
	www.newint.org /issue378/worldbeaters.htm (875 words)

	CNN.com - Swazi king picks 14th bride - Sep 26, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		NHLANGANO, Swaziland (AP) -- King Mswati III has chosen a 17-year-old as his bride-to-be, picking a teen just weeks after retreating from a campaign to encourage girls to wait until they are 18 to have sex.
		In 2001, Mswati temporarily revived the ancient "umchwasho" rite, which bans sexual relations for girls younger than 18 in a bid to fight AIDS, which is at crisis levels in Swaziland.
		Mswati's lavish lifestyle, including fine homes and cars for all his wives and brides-to-be, contrasts with the absolute poverty of most of his subjects.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/africa/09/26/swazi.king.ap (512 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Swazi king to take 11th bride, alarms health workers
		MBABANE, Swaziland – Swaziland's King Mswati III has chosen a 17-year-old girl to become his 11th wife, alarming health workers who say he is setting a bad example for a kingdom with one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world.
		Mswati's Reed Dance selections last year caused a stir when the mother of one of the three girls chosen to be Mswati's new brides went to court charging that her 18-year-old daughter had been kidnapped by the royal household.
		Women's rights activists and AIDS campaigners have criticized Mswati's latest choice of a new bride, which comes despite his own order two years ago that teenage girls should remain virgins to help stem the AIDS crisis in Swaziland, where the adult HIV infection rate is approaching 40 percent.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030825-0712-swaziland-bride.html (468 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mswati III of Swaziland
		[2] Mahlangu was announced as engaged to King Mswati in November, and she stayed at the Royal Palace; there has been no contact between her and her mother.
		The Umhlanga (Reed Dance) is a traditional dance where twenty to thirty thousand of Swazilands maidens congregate and dance for the king (currently Mswati III).
		August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mswati-III-of-Swaziland (1932 words)

	The Head Heeb: Mswati's clergy
		A pleased Mswati endorsed their views: "It is good that you have quoted verses from the bible which do not support multi-party democracy." His comments were greeted by loud shouts of the royal salute, "Bayete!"
		Mswati sat grinning or nodding in agreement during a debate hosted by the League of Churches, entitled "The Disadvantages of Multi-Party Democracy."
		Mswati III may be the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy in more ways than he realizes.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/014717.html (398 words)

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		Or, it may be yet another example of King Mswati III stirring up controversy in his impoverished tiny kingdom of one million people.
		King Mswati III is the leader of an ancient culture.
		Or, it may be yet another example of King Mswati III __________ up controversy in his impoverished tiny kingdom of one million people.
	www.breakingnewsenglish.com /0502/feb14.swazi_king.doc (1605 words)

	Swaziland on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Le roi du Swaziland, Mswati III, le 2 septembre à Johannesbourg Le roi du Swaziland, Mswati III, a choisi une jeune femme.
		Le roi du Swaziland Mswati III, lors d'une fête de l'indépendance en 1988 à Mbabane Le roi Mswati III du Swaziland s'est r.
		A 34 ans, le roi du Swaziland, Mswati III, a choisi une jeune femme de 18 ans pour devenir sa dixième femme, obligeant ce.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Swazilan.asp (499 words)

	About Swaziland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King Mswati III 's father, King Sobhuza, died in 1982 after steering the Swazi nation through World War II, past independence, and toward economic and political growth.
		The Dlamini (King Mswati III 's clan name) dynasty traces its roots back to 1750, when Dlamini III settled with his people in the Lubombo Mountains which overlook neighbouring Mozambique to the Eastern border, and which stretch into the South African Province of KwaZulu-Natal.
		King Mswati III is the sovereign head of the Kingdom of Swaziland.
	www.welcometoswaziland.com /About.asp (2357 words)

	Time: In the kingdom of "Fire Eyes"; at 19, Mswati III moves swiftly to consolidate his rule. (Swaziland)@ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Time: In the kingdom of "Fire Eyes"; at 19, Mswati III moves swiftly to consolidate his rule.
		In the kingdom of "Fire Eyes"; at 19, Mswati III moves swiftly to consolidate his rule.
		When King Sobhuza II of Swaziland died in 1982 after 61 years on the throne, the people of that tiny southern African kingdom lamented, Umntfwana sowuphumulile: the child has gone to rest.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:5160889&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (206 words)

	africa.iafrica.com \| c2cnews Swaziland's king picks 11th wife
		The Times Sunday newspaper reported that Noliqwa Ntentesa (17) was escorted to the palace by the same royal aides who landed in court last year for allegedly kidnapping the king's 10th bride, a schoolgirl.
		Earlier this week, King Mswati, also known as the "Ngonyama" (lion), paid a fine for breaking the "Umchwasho" chastity rite which bars young maidens from sex for five years.
		The weekend newspaper said King Mswati had now paid an "admission of guilt" fine of one head of livestock for breaking the chastity rite, confirming speculation that Ntentesa was the newest arrival in his string of wives.
	africa.iafrica.com /c2cnews/265253.htm (397 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		King Mswati III recently met with different pressure groups to discuss a draft constitution as a way out of the crisis.
		King Mswati III has said he likes to think of himself as someone who is trying to reach that balance.
		MSWATI: There was a debate in parliament about the jet, which the parliament before they went -- of course, there would be new elections -- before they left, they decided that the timing perhaps is not the right timing to be purchasing a jet.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0307/19/i_if.01.html (3186 words)

	Swaziland - King Mswati III - Worldpress.org
		King Mswati III of Swaziland smiles at the South African Development Community summit, Aug. 14, 2001 (Photo: AFP).
		King Mswati III of Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarch, blew out one more candle on the kingdom’s flickering democracy when on June 22 he imposed what amounted to a state of emergency in the wake of growing calls for democratic reforms.
		Under the reign of Mswati’s father, King Sobuza II, political parties were banned and the constitution was suspended.
	www.worldpress.org /Africa/130.cfm (552 words)

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