African Royalties

A happy belated birthday to Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaHwala of the Kingdom of Eswatini

Mother and Daughter duo: TRH Princess Sibahle and Queen Putsoana Hwala

Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaHwala also know as Queen Putsoana Hwala was born on November 15th 1974, is His Majesty King Mswati III's fifth wife. Together they have two children Their Royal Highnesses Prince Bandzile and Princess Temashayina Sibahle.

Mother-Son Duo: Prince Bandzile and Queen Putsoana on the occasion of the Prince's foundation Peaceful Warrior launch

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On Sunday November 3rd, the 13th Esicojeni Foundation Walk took place at Somhlolo National Stadium. The walk was hosted by the Esicojeni Foundation who's patron is His Majesty King Mswati III had as theme "End Hunger Walk".

Although he didn't attend the walk's launch, His Majesty was represented by his son HRH Prince Bandzile(HRH Inkhosikati LaHwala's son) who read the King's message to those attending.

In his address, His Majesty commended the job done by the Foundation in its fight against hunger in children around the kingdom. He also spoke about its decade old resilient spirit in walking together with the government to eliminate food shortage in every household through the many initiatives that it has pioneered over the years.

He also explained that the annual walk will provide an opportunity for everyone to play a key role and be part of the journey to transform the lives of vulnerable and food insecure children.

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

His Majesty King Mswati III presided over the Imbube Marathon which took place on Sunday October 7th held at Somhlolo National Stadium.

The marathon began with the singing of the kingdom's national team and a word of encourage from the King.

His Majesty was accompanied by his wives Emakhosikati, children Emazaniyane and Minister of Sports Culture and Youth Affairs to attend the 42 km marathon event which brought together over 5000 athletes from around the world.

The first winners were South African Bonginkhosi Mavuso and Kenyan Jennifer Koech who received their winning trophies and a hefty Emalageni 30 000 checks from His Majesty. Mavuso crossed the finish line after 2h:28min:58sec with Jennifer on the women's end crossing at 2hrs:59mins:54secs.

African Electronic Trade Group's Regional Office Launch:

The King on Friday launch the Regional Office of African Electronic Trade Group held at the Mandvulo Grand Hall at Lozitha Palace.

The launch which was attended by various former and current African Head of States, members of the Kingdom's government began with prayers and songs by award winning gospel singer Nothando Hlophe(His Majesty's future daughter in law).

When givings his speech, Bayethe spoke about the importance of e-commerce and how it plays a vital role in the ending of huge youth unemployment as well as in the improvement of competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on the continent.

His Majesty's words on action and encouragement to the youth, urging them to take charge of not just their future but that of the Kingdom, through this new platform that will enable them increase the country's digital economy with a E346 trillion network.

His Majesty worriedly express that digital wealth is still concentrated in the hands of a few large digital platform companies with the African continent trailing considerably.

His Majesty was accompanied by his senior sons TRH Prince Lindani, Prince Sicalo, Prince Bandzile and Prince Majahonke.

His Majesty King Mswati III recently concluded his stay in the United States of America where he attended the 74th General Assembly.

During the course of the week, His Majesty attended a number of meetings including the UN SDG and environmental session.

On Wednesday September 25th, He addressed the General Assembly where he spoke about peace, conflict, climate change, poverty alleviation and the exclusion of Taiwan at the top of his concerns making recommendations on the action required of the UN body as a collective.

This year's theme was Galvanising multilateral efforts for poverty eradication, quality education, climate action and inclusion’.

During his speech, he urged all to avoid dictating how countries should be govern and impose their ideologies on other nations of the world as he noted that this is a great fuse to the current conflicts in various parts of the world and causes many inhumane sufferings. He has called upon the UN to act swiftly, discourage such behaviours and remind leaders that they are all equal, irrespective of country size and economic power.

On bridging the gaps and promoting collective action, he implore the assembly to play its role on taking centre stage on inclusion and participation of all Member States through cooperation, dialogue and reforming existing organs where needed. He noted that most current challenges such as terrorism, climate change, migration, transnational organized crimes and many others, could be effectively addressed without multilateral cooperation.

On the inclusion of Taiwan, he said was a crucial step in realizing the pledge Agenda 2030 of leaving no one behind will remain elusive and false if they continued to deprive other nations the opportunity to play a pivotal role in the UN affairs, as stipulated in the preamble of UN General Assembly resolution 70/1 adopted on September 25th 2015.

He also spoke about supporting African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Ae-Trade platform needing the full support of the UN as it would propel the continent towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

He asked the UN to invest more in SDGs to help end poverty. He said this was necessary to build strong societies and social protection systems that would ensure the inclusion of special interest groups affected by poverty.

On setting up regional disaster funds, His Majesty recommended the setting up of permanent regional disaster funds to help cushion against the effects of natural disasters and set-up sub-regional humanitarian hubs that will be equipped to respond swiftly to disasters.

He also spoke about reassess allocation of development assistance and providing assistance to educators.

Following his address, His Majesty met with the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in private. During their private talks, the Secretary-General commended the Kingdom for its leadership in taking steps to tackle developmental challenges they faced and also discussed Eswatini’s implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The UN will provide strong support to the kingdom through its resident coordinator and country team to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in national planning processes. The local delegation has submitted that among the results of this support includes the poverty reduction levels, decline in the prevalence of stunting among children under five years, improved access to water and electricity in urban and rural areas and helping the country record, for the first time in 2017, zero cases of polio, disability and death from tetanus, whooping cough and measles.

The kingdom was also seeking support from the UN in establishing a permanent regional disaster fund. This is to help cushion against the effects of natural disasters, as well as at SADC level for a sub-regional humanitarian hub equipped with emergency response equipment, tools and skilled personnel to provide expertise, advice and capacity building to Member States. The strong relationship has seen the kingdom offer land for the construction of the UN common premises which host a state of the art infrastructure.

Later His Majesty also held bilateral talks with the President of the Republic of Ireland Michael Higgins, and His Majesty King Rukidi IV of Oyo Kingdom.

On Wednesday evening, in his capacity as the current Chairperson of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), he attended a meeting of the End Malaria Council co-chaired by Bill Gates and Ray Chambers.

The meeting's agenda was to discuss the Council’s progress over the last year and explore the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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