Swazi Minister Resigns Over Queen Affair Scandal
Posted: August 10, 2010 - 18:28



Nothando Dube photographed during the annual Reed Dance ceremony held in 2004 at the Embangweni Royal Residence in Swaziland. PH
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Swaziland's justice minister Ndumiso Mamba has resigned, following allegations of a love affair with one of King Mswati's 13 wives.



Nothando Dube photographed during the annual Reed Dance ceremony held in 2004 at the Embangweni Royal Residence in Swaziland. PHOTO: VELI NHLAPO



"I have consulted with him and he has forthwith resigned," Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini said in a brief statement.

A Palace source told AFP that Queen Nothando Dube, the king's 12th wife, would dress in a military uniform to slip out of the palace and meet Mamba in a hotel room.

Mamba is a childhood friend of Mswati.

The king was on a visit to Taiwan at the time, but they were discovered by military intelligence agents, the source added, speaking on condition of anonymity.




"For many months the inkhosikati (queen) would dress in an army uniform whenever the king was not around," the source said.

"She allegedly got into her room and changed into her uniform and walked straight to the gate and no one bothered to ask where was this soldier going. In no time a car was there to pick the 'officer' up and whisked her to Royal Villas about 10 kilometres west of the Lozitha Palace," the source added.

The Royal Villas is a hotel.

Mamba could be expelled from Swaziland, while Dube could be confined to her parents' home.

Both could also be fined a herd of cattle, the source added.

Swaziland's royal household, including the 42-year-old king and his 13 wives, are known for their extravagant lifestyles while the rest of the 1.1 million population live largely in poverty.

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What is it with these South Africans sleeping with King's and president's wives?.

Aloy+Emeka:

What is it with these South Africans sleeping with King's and president's wives?.

How old is the kind?


These girls are barely in their mid 20s. How can a shriveled co ck think to satisfy them?

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Ileke-IdI:

How old is the kind?


These girls are barely in their mid 20s. How can a shriveled co ck think to satisfy them?

It wouldn't satisfy you?. Are you that greedy?

The dictators’ women: Naomi and the Swazi Queen
By Reuben Abati

TWO women under different but equally controversial circumstances this week have drawn attention afresh to the crisis of leadership in Africa and the lifestyle and misdemeanours of African dictators. Moral questions have been raised about the conduct of the two women: it is wrong for Nothando Dube, the 12th wife of the King of Swaziland to commit adultery, and who is sultry and tempestuous Naomi trying to impress by suggesting that Charles Taylor gave her three “dirty looking stones” without any water having passed under the bridge? “I’d actually never heard of Liberia at that time,” she reportedly told the Court at the Hague. Come off it, Naomi.



http://odili.net/news/source/2010/aug/13/1.html

Many, including the Western media which fed on the Naomi story like vultures, had felt this would further ruin her reputation and career. But 40-year old Ms Campbell is lucky. She has survived given the contradictory evidence of Mia Farrow and Carole White; she may also have been saved by the intervention of Jeremy Ractliffe, former head of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (NMCF) who confirmed that she did not leave South Africa with the “blood diamonds.” Naomi Campbell’s appearance in the Taylor case has more tellingly attracted massive publicity to a trial that had been largely ignored by the international media, more particularly the subject of conflict diamonds and the plight of the poor and the hapless who lost their lives and limbs in the 1991 -2001 civil war in Sierra Leone. The beauty and the beast nature of the story is also appropriately engaging. Such is the power of beauty and celebrity.

It has taken same for the recklessness of African leaders or perhaps dictators generally to be advertised again. Charles Taylor reportedly met Naomi Campbell at a dinner in Mandela’s home in September 1997 and he got smitten with her beauty. There are suggestions of flirtation which Ms Campbell denies. But three uncut diamonds ended up in her hands: a gift from the then President of Liberia! Those “dirty looking stones” have now become an issue because of allegations at the Special Court for Sierra Leone that Taylor was involved in the use of illegally mined diamonds to enrich himself and to secure weapons for Sierra Leonean rebels; the same “conflict diamonds” which resulted in the destruction of thousands of lives. The Hague Court should do its job, even if it is a morally conflicted institution.

Reckless dalliance is one of the features of political power; in Africa, it has been tied to corruption as is the case elsewhere, but whereas there may be institutional structures for checking such behaviour in other places, in Africa, the use of state resources or stolen/illegally acquired resources to seek sexual favours is widespread. In Charles Taylor’s case, even if these were not “conflict diamonds,” their source was worth investigating.

In Nigeria, such conduct is often taken for granted. Not too long ago, there were reports of how a sitting President encouraged the diversion of some of the funds meant for Petroleum Technology Development to purchase a car for his girlfriend! The parties involved did not deny the story and no one bothered to withdraw the car or prosecute any of the officials involved. The Nigerian corridor of power is full of beautiful women who only need to attend dinner in the right places like Naomi Campbell and they would have powerful men offering them contracts, money or public positions in appreciation of their beauty, not necessarily their talents.

There have been stories of how military rulers gave out oil exploration licences to unqualified women, and how up till today, wives, girlfriends and concubines of men in privileged places could have tainted, life-transforming gifts thrown at them, and in matters of this nature, there is no transparency or accountability. One of the most uninvestigated stories about the sociology of power therefore, is the amount of state resources deployed to the maintenance of a retinue of girlfriends and concubines: “the oga’s madam syndrome.” In a country where there is a supposed rule of law, the Head of Customs once lamented that his men at the ports are not allowed to check the luggage of some women who have connections in high places! But it is not as if the man of power acts out of respect for women, usually it is out of disrespect: out of the feeling that he has the means to compromise any woman of his choice or that the woman is a tool. In London, two Nigerian women were recently jailed for having served as money launderers for former Governor James Ibori. Women are cast in the role of victims, even if many are willing to be so victimized or are architects of their own abuse. Women need to be properly educated and empowered to negotiate power relations. African countries need to develop integrity frameworks to track this category of abuse and not wait until international agencies expose the extent of the rot.

The ministers choice of sin was a good one. You can see Nothando waving and her "jiggly" pointing straight up. Chineke!
Well done minister!

Was her 'jiggly' worth his ministerial job?

Aloy+Emeka:

Was her 'jiggly' worth his ministerial job?

Yes of course!
A man like that would always have indiscretions and another of his indiscretions would have brought him down in time anyway.
With this one, he only loses a job he would have always lost, but he gets Nothando and her lovely jiggly's as compensation!

Lesson: if you have to sin, sin properly!