African Royalties

A happy belated birthday to His Royal Highness Prince Lindani Dlamini of the Kingdom of Eswatini.

His Royal Highness was born on November 9th 1988 to HM King Mswati III and HRH Inkhosikati(Queen) LaMbikiza. He is the younger brother of HRH Princess Sikhanyiso.

His Royal Highness does a lot of royal engagements including representing his parents both domestically and internationally. He is supported and encourage by his parents through his foundation Lihle LemaSwati Foundation.

He supports and caters for school fees for many Swazi children as well as encourages them to actively be involved in school. Among other things he also helps and supports in building houses for the elderly, mostly women.

His Royal Highness is a graduate of the military school in the United States and Sandhurst Royal Academy graduation.

After attending the enthronement ceremony in Japan, His Majesty, HRH Inkhosikati LaMashwama and their accompanying delegation jetted for Sochi, Russia to attend the first ever Russia-Africa summit hosted by President Vladimir Putin.

Close to 50 African leaders were in attendance which ran between October 23rd and October 24th event which is part of Moscow’s ambitious push for influence and business in Africa.

During the meeting, His Majesty met with Russian president privately to hold bilateral discussions about economical and financial empowerment. He also met with other Russian governments officials, businessmen, business women and other African delegations on the sidelines.

Their Royal Highnesses the Princess and Princes who were attending in their roles of Minister of ICT (Princess Sikhaniyso) and His Majesty's advisors(Princes Lindani, Majaha and Sicalo) were also in attendance. The Emazinyanes met with senior Russian Ministers, government officials and African government officials and businessmen and women to also hold bilateral discussions on how to build the kingdom.

His Majesty then departed on October 24th for Baku, Azerbaijan 

After attending to the unveiling ceremony and dinner hosted of the new Hilton Hotel and the statue of his great-grandmother Queen Gcamile, His Majesty departed on Wednesday evening for Indonesia to attend to the swearing in ceremony of the new president and vice president.

His Majesty Igwenyama who is accompanied by Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaMashwama and Emazinyane arrived yesterday in Jakarta where they were received and welcome by Indonesian state authorities.

His Majesty will be joining other world Heads of States and governments to attend to Jokowi Widodo's swearing in ceremony for a second term on Sunday October 20th.

During his visit in the South Eastern Asian country, it is reported that Bayethe will be meeting with President Widodo to discuss bilateral talks and friendship between both countries and how to economically increase trade talks.

I believe from there His Majesty and his accompanying delegation will then travel to Japan for the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito and attend His Imperial Majesty's dinner and festivities which be hosted thereafter

After attending to the unveiling ceremony and dinner hosted of the new Hilton Hotel and the statue of his great-grandmother Queen Gcamile, His Majesty departed on Wednesday evening for Indonesia to attend to the swearing in ceremony of the new president and vice president.

His Majesty Igwenyama who is accompanied by Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaMashwama and Emazinyane arrived yesterday in Jakarta where they were received and welcome by Indonesian state authorities.

His Majesty will be joining other world Heads of States and governments to attend to Jokowi Widodo's swearing in ceremony for a second term on Sunday October 20th.

During his visit in the South Eastern Asian country, it is reported that Bayethe will be meeting with President Widodo to discuss bilateral talks and friendship between both countries and how to economically increase trade talks.

I believe from there His Majesty and his accompanying delegation will then go to Japan for the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito and attend His Imperial Majesty's dinner and festivities which be hosted thereafter

Reported earlier that His Majesty Ingwenyama Mswati III was attending Global Fund in France hosted by H.E President Emmanuel Macron, aimed at raising funds for the replenishment of the Global Fund which helps to combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria strains, increase medical resources.

On Thursday October 10th, addressing the entire congregation, Bayethe firstly expressed gratitude to France for hosting and seeing to it that the fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria continued. He noted how since the creation of the Fund, there has been a significant impact in Africa, the Southern African region and the Kingdom of Eswatini saying that prior to this, many people were dying due to the lack of facilities and basic necessities required to ensure that all suffering from this diseases were properly taken care of.

He told the conference that there had since been a dramatic drop in the number of deaths and many lives have been saved. During that he on behalf of the nation pledged US$6 million(E91 million) to the Global Fund.

The kingdom was one of several African countries to make pledges. Other countries like Zimbabwe, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Cameroon, Burundi, Uganda and South Africa also pledge. The kingdom has been a beneficiary of Global Fund assistance since 2003, having received E3, 9 billion (US$265,893,078) about 14 grants.

The Fund's target  of US$14 billion was surpassed as US$14.02 billion was raised after the pledges. Other pledges came from President Macron, Microsoft founder and Bill and Melissa Gates co-founder Bill Gates, as well as from Awards wining singer, songwriter Bono who, on top of a US$60 million they each pledged, announced a further US$100 million commitment which they would raise during the replenishment period. The Replenishment Conference is held every three years and the current cycle will run from 2020 until 2022.

On the sidelines of the Fund's conference, Bayethe met with Japan's Foreign Affairs Minister Keizuke Suzuki. Both His Majesty and Minister confirmed bilateral relations amongst both kingdoms. They held and discussed various issues of mutual interest between the two countries.

I am not sure if His Majesty reconfirmed his presence during the talks at the October 24th's enthronement ceremony of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo and the dinner which the Imperial Sovereign couple will be hosting after.

Return to the Kingdom:

His Majesty, HRH Inkhosikati LaMahlangu and the Eswatini delegation return to the Kingdom on Saturday where he addressed the kingdom about the pledge at Ludzidzini Royal Residence.

His Majesty explained how important it was for the kingdom to make its first pledge to help other nations as the kingdom has been a recipient of pledges for many years now. He said that "It is all about saving people".

He continue by saying that the conference was attended by the United Nations, Heads of States and business people as well as institutions who wanted to help fight epidemic diseases

His Majesty departed the Kingdom yesterday October 8th from King Mswati III Internation Airport  to attend the Global Fund's meeting hosted in France by His Excellency President Emmanuel Macron.

His Majesty is accompanied by Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaMahlangu, Minister of ICT, HRH Princess Sikhaniyso, HRH Princess Temaswati, TRH Emazinyane Sicalo, Lindani, Majaha and Prince Bandzile, HRH Prince Lonkhonkhela(His Majesty's brother) and King’s interpreter Sihle Dlamini, amongst others.

Their Royal Highness Emakhosikati LaMotsa(ritual wife #2) and LaMagongo (wife #9) were at the airport to bid him farewell.

His Majesty will be joining other African and World Leaders .

The conference began today Wednesday October 9th, aimed at raising funds for the replenishment of the Global Fund which helps to combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria strains, increase medical resources