King Mswati III, the
absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), has appointed another eight members
of his family to influential groups in the latest round of nepotistic appointments.
They are among 19 people
appointed to serve.
Attorney General Sifiso
Mafelenkhosini M. Khumalo, himself appointed by the King, announced the changes
on Wednesday (14 October 2020).
The eSwatini Observer, a newspaper in effect owned by King Mswati, reported Prince Matatazela, Prince Masuku, Prince Sibhimbi Tandlatiyagezana and Prince Mandlenkhosi Rowland Dlamini had been appointed to the King’s Advisory Committee, also known as Liqoqo.
It added, ‘Prince
Mandlenkhosi currently serves as a Board member of the eSwatini Observer
and the eSwatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA).’
Prince Mguqiso has been
appointed to chair the Land Management Board to replace the late Prince Phinda.
The King also appointed four members to serve on the Civil Service Commission,
including Prince Ngangabani and Princess Nkosingumenzi.
The King also appointed Princess
Msindvose to the new Citizenship Board.
The Swaziland
News, an online newspaper,
reported
the newly-appointed members of the various councils would collectively take more
than E12 million annually as salaries. In Swaziland seven in ten of the 1.2
million population have incomes of less than E35 or US$2.
Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, himself appointed by
the King, had previously announced that hiring was frozen by government because
of the present economic crisis in the kingdom.
The News added appointments
to the Citizenship
Board also included the King’s father-in law Chief Ngangaza and the Queen Mother
Ntombi Tfwala’s relative, Vusi Tfwala.
Earlier this
week King Mswati appointed his first-born son
Prince Sicalo to become principal secretary, the top
civil servant, at the Ministry of Defence. Recently, Prince Lindani was appointed director of
economic affairs at the King’s Office.
After
the most recent national election in 2018, the King appointed eight members
of his family to the Senate and six to the House of Assembly. He also appointed
17 members of his own family to the kingdom’s two most influential advisory
committees; Liqoqo and the Ludzidzini Council, a group of senior
traditionalists centred around the King’s Ludzidzini Palace.
The King also appointed a further 11 princes and
princesses to five other committees.
See also
Swaziland absolute monarch appoints more family members to top positions as nepotism grows https://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2020/10/swaziland-absolute-monarch-appoints.html
Swaziland’s king appoints 28 members of his family to kingdom’s committees and board
https://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2019/04/swazilands-absolute-monarch-appoints-28.html
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