← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Ed Toner
Thread ID: 14943 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2004-09-09
2004-09-09 19:33 | User Profile
[url]http://tinyurl.com/64pwh[/url]
Swaziland's spendthrift King takes his 13th wife By Basildon Peta, Southern Africa Correspondent 06 September 2004
While his tiny country reels under the burdens of mismanagement, food shortages and Africa's worst Aids crisis, the attention of Swaziland's young King Mswati remains focused on his own lavish lifestyle.
Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, has reportedly chosen a 16-year-old girl to become his 13th wife after an annual ceremony at which ..............
............"Mswati inherited the country at the age of 18 from his father, King Sobhuza, who died in 1982, aged 83. King Sobhuza officially had about 120 wives but unofficial estimates say the number was even higher. "
End
Translated fo yo readin pleshure:
Dialectized fo yo readin pleasure:
While his tiny country reels unda' de burdens uh mismanagement, food sho'tages and Africa's wo'st Aids crisis, de attenshun uh Swaziland's yung Kin' Mswati remains focused on his own lavish lifestyle. Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, gots repo'tedly chosen some 16-year-old goat t'become his 13d mama afta' an annual ceremony at which dousands uh bare-breasted goats wuz paraded fo' him t'pick some new conso't. Man!
De goat, some Miss Teenage Swaziland finalist, be now in seclusion afta' bein' snatchn by Mswati's royal guards. De 36-year-old kin' caused some furo'e earlier dis year when he announced plans t'invest mo'e dan ã5.6m in buildin' palaces fo' each uh his wives. He wuz earlia' fo'ced t'drop plans t'spend ã28m on some jet fo' his 'slusive use. De deal fell drough but da damn kin'dom lost some ã2.8m waaay downpayment. Man! Despite da damn mass poverty in his country, Mswati's audo'itarian rule and extravagance gots become legendary in Africa. WORD!
He kin close newssheets at will, and overturn court decisions. Apart fum de annual inxwala reed boogie festival, at which bare-breasted goats parade befo'e him, Mswati kin drow his bodyguards t'abduct into de royal cribhold any goat uh his choosin' at any oda' time. Dat habit plunged his kin'dom into chaos last year when some moda' took Mswati t'court demandin' dat he return ha' 18-year-old daughter. Ah be baaad...
But Lindiwe Dlamini lost ha' battle when ha' daughter, Zena Mahlangu, opted fo' de lavish lifestyle uh Mswati's royal cribhold upside de poverty dat afflicts mo'e dan 90 puh' cent uh Mswati's 1.2 million subjects. Critics gots accused da damn kin' uh not settin' some baaaad 'esample in some country ravaged by Aids. About 40 puh' cent uh all adults is infected. But he has shown no signs uh relentin'. Mswati inherited da damn country at da damn age uh 18 fum his Big Daddy, Kin' Sobhuza, who got wasted in 1982, aged 83. Kin' Sobhuza officially had about 120 wives but unofficial estimates say de numba' wuz even higher. Ah be baaad...
2004-09-09 20:07 | User Profile
Ed,
Sonny is running behind Dad in the wife game. Isn't this the same man who said that Swazi girls need to dress more modestly and in skirts and dress to prevent the spread of AIDS and look at his example. I wonder what has prevented him from getting AIDS yet.