Swaziland's Royal Family Must Stop Giving Out Blankets And Food | OPINION

 Billionaires spew words of sympathy with ease, powdering poverty with pap (mealie-meal) as if it was make-up. Yes, Their Majesties love to hand out food items and even blankets. Perhaps they're well connected in Asia where these blankets probably come from. One can only speculate.

From the Palace, with Love

 

She is not only known for living a luxurious life, not quite. Queen LaMbikiza is a philanthropist at heart. As patron of Lusito Charity Organization, she oversees the humanitarian work carried out in alleviation of the dire conditions in Swaziland. Member of Parliament Macford Sibandze has hailed her as a “pioneer of charity” in Swaziland. Not many people know but the Queen is also a staunch Christian, being a member of one of the local churches and some even say local gospel artists hold a special place in her heart, and maybe her pocket.

For the past 30 years, Queen LaMbikiza has been actively involved in charity work while people accuse her husband of being a greedy and selfish dictator. Worth noting is the fact that the Queens of Swaziland are closely monitored. All their moves are known by soldiers or police for the sake of their safety; mainly for the sake of their safety. Queen LaMbikiza’s activities reflect on the king, so her charity work is as good as his charity work, don’t you think?

After 30 years of her charity managing to meet the needs of poverty-stricken emaSwati, COVID_19 swept through with job losses and food insecurity. This is a great time for Her Majesty to dust off her charity boots and get to work.

Sharing is Caring

News broke recently in the kingdom that two more Rolls Royce were possibly on their way to the royal family, according to the outgoing US Ambassador to Swaziland Lisa Peterson. Blankets have been handed out to many families in the past weeks, thanks to the Queen Mother. Now is a great time to polish the image of the royal family, who knows when those multimillion Rand cars will land on Swaziland’s doorstep? Do you really think the royal family cares for the people of Swaziland? Is a donation of food parcels really enough to fill the hole that only sustainable financial freedom can fill? Wouldn’t you rather the royal family gave out seedlings and land to the people of Swaziland? Are blankets and beans really enough to make it okay for them to ride around in cars worth R10 Million? The cost for the fittings on the royal Rolls Royces; they were reported to cost almost as much as R2 Million. R2 Million as a business injection into that community can make a huge difference, don’t you think? Make like you care for Swaziland, leave a comment below, and FOLLOW FOR MORE ROYAL DLAMINI UPDATES! 

 

Only 1 Man Can Marry Teenagers In Swaziland?

 King Mswati is the only grown man that marries teenagers without getting into trouble with the authorities in Swaziland. Sure, judges tried to stop him from marrying a fifteen-year-old but the Prime Minister ordered them to stop hearing the matter in a statement dated November 2015. In a land governed by a constitution that says everyone should be equal before the law, in a civilized state where a fifteen-year-old can't appreciate physical intimacy, a middle-aged man has defied all odds.

Fountain of Youth

When you're fifteen, the law considers you incapable of providing consent for physical intimacy. Whether you love that fully grown man or woman is irrelevant, there is a legal threshold you must obey. Fortunately for King Mswati, he is above the law, meaning he can take a teenage wife without feeling the full force of the law. Not only is he above the law, but he is also the law because a decree is as good as a statute.

Countless men are rotting in jail because they had teenage girlfriends. Many of them were in passionate, impartial relationships with girls in their tender years. Some were breadwinners for the helpless, with several dependents looking to them for the next meal. Others are barely into their twenties but still qualify as men. As for King Mswati, he's free to wed teenagers without having to worry about the consequences. He can freely consummate marriage with a fifteen-year-old behind heavily-guarded palace walls and no matter what the international community says, nobody can arrest him.

Young Blood

Being a middle-aged man isn't easy, you start to realise you aren't the bull you used to be and you begin to compensate. You go through something called a 'mid-life crisis' and you find yourself buying a Rolls Royce to make you feel young again. The wind might not be blowing in your hair, because you have none, but at least your ego will inflate a bit and you might even feel like an alpha-male. A mid-life crisis usually involves feelings of inadequacy and irrelevance. One would think that such sentiments aren't characteristic of a king but you'd be surprised how needy it can get at the top.

In the Holy Christian Bible, we encounter a young lady by the name of Mary Magdalena. Some apocryphal accounts state that at the time of her betrothal to Joseph, Mary was 12–14 years old. According to ancient Jewish custom, Mary could have been betrothed at about 12. If this is true, by some standards, Joseph can be said to be a pedophile. Since Swaziland proclaims itself as a Christian country, not only is it culturally correct for Mswati to marry teenagers, it might be Biblical as well. Thus, we see that the justification is endless for what many may perceive as a human rights violation.

Do you think it's fair that King Mswati fined himself a cow after marrying a fifteen-year-old in 2015 and that was it? The only reason he did it was because there was an abstinence decree he imposed on all maidens called 'umcwasho'. Should other men be allowed to marry teenagers or should King Mswati be stopped from his youthful indulgences? Is it truly a Christian thing to do; marrying girls whose age you'd have to multiply by three to get yours? Speak now or forever hold your peace and FOLLOW FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE!