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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 ...
Thulani Rudolf Maseko (1 March 1970 – 21 January 2023) [1] was a Swazi human rights lawyer [2] who was imprisoned from 2014 to 2015, and declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. He launched a court challenge to King Mswati III of Eswatini in 2018 and was assassinated in 2023. He was a member of the People's United ...
Succession to the Swazi throne. In Eswatini, no king ( Ngwenyama, 'lion') can appoint his successor. Instead, on the demise of a king, the Liqoqo, an independent traditional council, decides which of his wives shall be "great wife" and Indlovukazi, 'She-Elephant'. The son [further explanation needed] of the chosen Indlovukazi will automatically ...
Awards. Full list. Website. www .richard-e-grant .com. Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; [ 2][ 3] 5 May 1957) is a Swaziland (now Eswatini) born English actor [ 4][ 5][ 6] and presenter. [ 1] He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in ...
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 ...
Ndwandwe, of the Esikoteni branch of the Ndwandwe clan, was born to Chief Ngolotjeni Nxumalo and Msindvose Ndlela. She was the eldest of three sisters. Her siblings included her full sister (and ultimately, co-wife) Nukwase Ndwandwe, who succeeded her as Ndlovukati, and her brother Benjamin Nxumalo, who later provided counsel to Sobhuza II.
The Swazi settlers, then known as the Ngwane (or bakaNgwane), before entering Swaziland had been settled on the banks of the Pongola River and prior to that in the area of the Tembe River near present-day Maputo. Dlamini III was a king or iNgwenyama of the Swazi people and he led them approximately between 1720 until 1744.
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.