The Swazi Observer
reported (7 April 2019) a senior member of the
Royal Family and a traditional leader separately made the prediction.
The newspaper which is in
effect owned by the King and has been called a ‘pure propaganda machine for the royal family’ by the Media Institute of Southern Africa reported,
Senior Prince Masitsela and Themba Ginindza, ‘have prophesied that anyone who
will work against Prime Minister (PM) Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini will die.’
They both made their
comments during a thanksgiving ceremony for the PM, at the Soweto Church of the
Nazarene, Mbekelweni.
It was attended by members
of the royal family, government ministers, Members of Parliament, senators,
private sector bosses, prominent individuals and members of the public.
The Observer reported Ginindza told the gathering PM Dlamini had been appointed
by God.
It added, ‘Ginindza said as
it was depicted in biblical verses, anyone who worked against the PM would die
and warned that there should be no one doing bad against the PM as he was
appointed by God through prayer.’
The Observer reported, ‘He emphasised that the PM was anointed by God
so the day government officials start doing things against him (PM), they would
die just like those who died in the Bible.’
The Observer reported the King’s elder brother Prince Masitsela, who is
88 years old, ‘also reiterated that those who plot ill against the PM would
die’.
The newspaper added, ‘The
prince expressed his belief that the appointment of the PM was not a mistake,
and was a signal that God has taken over the country.’
Prime Ministers in
Swaziland are not elected by the people but appointed by King Mswati, who rules
as an absolute monarch. He also appoints cabinet ministers and top civil
servants and judges. Political parties are banned from taking part in elections
and although some members of the House of Assembly are elected by the people no
members of the Swaziland Senate are.
Just before he appointed
Ambrose Dlamini PM in October 2018 King Mswati told a meeting of
the kingdom’s ‘People’s Parliament’ he
had been visited by angels who told him whom he should choose
for the office.
King Mswati and his supporters have in the past said
the King has a direct line to God.
In 2013, African
Eye News Service reported Prince Masitsela said that God
had given the royal family authority to rule over other Swazi clans. ‘The
Dlaminis are closer to God,’ he said.
In 2011, the King said God spoke to him through a TV
remote control. It happened at the Lozitha Palace, near Mbabane. At the time
the King told his subjects about his ‘miraculous experience’.
The Times of
Swaziland reported in October 2011, ‘His Majesty saw a miracle yesterday
when he was preparing a sermon [to preach to a group of evangelical
Christians.] The King said a remote control lay at the centre of a coffee table
but something mysteriously brought it down.
‘He said there was no person or wind that could have brought it down. The King said he realised that God was with him. It was Him who brought the remote control down.’
‘He said there was no person or wind that could have brought it down. The King said he realised that God was with him. It was Him who brought the remote control down.’
See also
Swazi King’s private line to God
Fears
over King’s mental health
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2011/10/fears-over-kings-mental-health.html
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