{"id":22655,"date":"2013-09-16T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/king-mswati-picks-his-15th-wife\/"},"modified":"2013-09-16T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:28:00","slug":"king-mswati-picks-his-15th-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/king-mswati-picks-his-15th-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"King Mswati picks his 15th wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t          \t\t    September 16 2013 at 11:33am <br \/>\n\t\t                   By Titus Gwebu\n\t          <\/p>\n<p class=\"comment_call_to_action\">Comment on this story<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- C-ON-TEXT_CONTENT_START --> <\/p>\n<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a5c59_182937538.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of nm Mswati (36676368)\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Swaziland&#8217;s King Mswati III (pictured) has chosen 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant Sindiswa Dlamini for his 15th wife. File photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/africa\/mswati-s-6th-wife-leaves-palace-1.1289971\">Mswati\u2019s 6th wife leaves palace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/south-africa\/swazi-queen-flees-to-sa-report-1.1341262\">Swazi queen flees to SA &#8211; report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/africa\/swazi-king-divorce-is-not-an-option-1.1561989\">Swazi king: Divorce is not an option<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; Swazi King Mswati III, 45, has chosen 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant Sindiswa Dlamini as his 15th wife. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Dlamini was selected at the annual Reed Dance, where thousands of Swazi maidens dance bare-breasted for the king\u2019s pleasure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cI wish to confirm we have a new liphovela (royal fianc\u00e9e),\u201d announced Hlangabeza Mdluli, the overseer of the maidens. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Dlamini was presented to the king and the Swazi people at a Reed Dance in the southern provincial capital, Nhlangano, on Saturday. The main Reed Dance, at which Mswati has chosen previous wives, was held in central Swaziland last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">In recent years an additional Reed Dance has been held in the south to broaden the king\u2019s choice from his young female subjects. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Dlamini was a finalist in the Swaziland Miss Cultural Heritage beauty pageant this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Nelson Mandela\u2019s grandson, Mandla, attended the dance in traditional attire and brandished a fighting stick and cowhide shield when he reviewed a formation of maidens lined up for Mswati. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">A hundred members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) election monitoring team also attended. The election observers jostled to get their pictures taken with the king. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Swaziland holds parliamentary elections on Friday, although its parliament does not have any power in sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s only absolute monarchy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cNo doubt the king timed the Reed Dance and the public presentation of his new fianc\u00e9e to entertain the SADC election monitors,\u201d said Solomon Masango, a local youth guidance counsellor. \u201cHe succeeded. Everyone who comes to Swaziland wants to see the king\u2019s harem. They were thrilled to get their pictures taken with the king.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Mswati\u2019s fianc\u00e9e will be cloistered in one of the king\u2019s many palaces until the wedding, to be held in private next year. \u2013 Foreign Service <\/p>\n<p>\t  <!-- .aticle_column --><\/p>\n<p><!-- C-ON-TEXT_CONTENT_END --><\/p>\n<p><!--JavaScript Tag \/\/ Tag for network 567: Dash Of Lime \/\/ Website: IOL Articles \/\/ Page: ROS \/\/ Placement: IOL Article ROS-MPU Content-300 x 250 (4390488) \/\/ created at: Apr 16, 2013 2:56:37 PM--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/adserver.adtech.de\/adlink|3.0|567|4390488|0|170loc=300;key=key1+key2+key3+key4\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/33c9d_adserv%7C3.0%7C567%7C4390488%7C0%7C170loc%3D300%3Bkey%3Dkey1%2Bkey2%2Bkey3%2Bkey4\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- End of JavaScript Tag --><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"sharinganchor\" id=\"sharinganchor\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t  \t\t <!--  .article_tool\" --><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      <span class=\"storify-this\"><br \/>\n       <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/65d18_sign-up.jpg\" alt=\"sign up\" class=\"storify-this\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \t    <!-- Render the Comments --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a name=\"comments_start\" id=\"comments_start\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Comment Guidelines<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Please read our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/comment-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\">comment guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Login and register, if you haven\u2019 t already.<\/li>\n<li>Write your comment in the block below and click (Post As)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Has a comment offended you?<\/strong> Hover your mouse over the comment and wait until a small triangle appears on the right-hand side. 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