[afro-nets] Swaziland: The King can do no wrong?

[A. Odutola <chpss_abo2@yahoo.com>]

Swaziland: The King can do no wrong?
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In the tiny Southern African nation of Swaziland with the
world?s highest HIV/AIDS rate (40%), unemployment rate also runs
at 40%. 70% of the country's one million population live on an
average daily income of $1 or less. About one third of its
people rely on food aid for survival. Meanwhile, Swaziland's
King Mswati, blessed with 11 wives and two fiancees, has just
bought a $500,000 (£260,000) luxury car. The German made
DaimlerBenz Maybach car has a television, DVD player, 21-speaker
surround-sound system, fridge, cordless telephone and sterling
silver champagne flutes. (BBC News. 12/13/04)

The Swazi King can do no wrong, eh?

Click below to read details:
Swazi king splashes on luxury car
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4091271.stm

A. Odutola
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