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Eswatini ( / ˌɛswɑːˈtiːni / ESS-wah-TEE-nee; Swazi: eSwatini [ɛswáˈtʼiːni] ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland ( / ˈswɑːzilænd / SWAH-zee-land) and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, [ 11][ 12] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its ...
Mbandzeni (also known as Dlamini IV, Umbandine, [ 2] Umbandeen[ 3]) (c. 1855–1889) was the King of Swaziland (now Eswatini) from 1872 until 1889. Ingwenyama Mbandzeni was the son of Mswati II and Nandzi Nkambule. [ 4][ 5] His mother the wife of King Mswati had died when he was still very young. Mbandzeni ascended to the throne after his half ...
At the time of her death she had been at her sister's funeral a week earlier, apparently without the king's consent. [9] She was a painter. Daughter: Princess Sentelweyinkhosi (2000) Daughter: Princess Sibusisezweni (2003) December 1998 Inkhosikati LaGija— (born 15 June 1979 as Angel Dlamini). In May 2012 she left the royal compound. [10]
Pedi, Phuthi people. The Swazi or Swati ( Swati: Emaswati, singular Liswati) are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, inhabiting Eswatini, a sovereign kingdom in Southern Africa, and South Africa 's Mpumalanga province. EmaSwati are part of the Nguni-language speaking peoples whose origins can be traced through archaeology to East ...
Mswati III was born on 19 April 1968 at Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Manzini, the son of Sobhuza II (who had 70 wives during his reign of 82 years), [ 24] and the only child of Ntfombi Tfwala, also known as Inkhosikati LaTfwala, one of Sobhuza's younger wives.
In the power vacuum that resulted from the death of Sobhuza II, Ndlovukati Dzeliwe became Queen Regent during the minority of the designated heir to the throne, but the Loqoqo, consisting mostly of King Sobhuza's senior relatives, chiefs and advisors, usurped her authority and sacked Sobhuza's prime minister, Prince Mabandla Dlamini, whom Loqoqo members apparently feared would strip them of ...
The death of Mswati II ended the era of Swazi conquest, territorial expansion and unification of various peoples into one nation. [7] Mswati's successor was the eleven-year-old Ludvonga. He died in 1874 without any children and Mbandzeni became the new King in June 1875.
Hampton University. Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini (15 March 1968 – 13 December 2020) was a Swazi business executive who served as the tenth prime minister of Eswatini, holding the office from October 2018 until his death on 13 December 2020. Born in Eswatini's Manzini Region, Dlamini completed his degree at the University of Swaziland and an MBA ...