[Toshi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3630800.stm

eh, might as well quote the whole thing, it's short:

The Miss Teenage Swaziland finalist appeared at last week's annual reed dance during which 20,000 bare-breasted virgins parade in his honour.

The 36-year-old king's behaviour has been criticised in a nation with one of the world's highest HIV/Aids rates.

He already has one fiancee and 11 wives. Campaigners had hoped the king would be satisfied with 12 wives.

His father had more than 60 wives.

In line with Swazi tradition, a fiancee becomes a wife once she falls pregnant.

Plans to build new palaces for each of his wives are also draining the tiny country's resources, with the IMF urging cut-backs as poverty and food shortages hit ordinary Swazis.

His 10th wife, Zena Mahlangu, was controversially abducted two years ago when she was 18.

Her parents failed to get their daughter returned after taking the king's aides to court for unlawfully detaining her.

 

[jack123]

word up i wanna be the king of swaziland when i grow up.

The Miss Teenage Swaziland finalist appeared at last week's annual reed dance during which 20,000 bare-breasted virgins parade in his honour.

 

[Wingnut]

No matter how hard you try, I bet you can't wipe the smile off his face.

 

[DHanamal]

Life Expectancy of Swaziland: 33 Men, 35 Women

That name sounds like an amusement park, I guess in a way, it is.

 

[Toshi]

Life Expectancy of Swaziland: 33 Men, 35 Women

That name sounds like an amusement park, I guess in a way, it is.

if we were truly concerned about building democracy and improving the life of people in general we'd go and remove this tool of a king. but then again this thread's in the lounge so i'll just shut up now

 

[Dirt rider]

20,000 bare-breasted virgins parade in his honour.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

20,000 bare-breasted virgins parade in his honour.

haha, i had a friend in college from mexico. his grand-dad married granny when she was 11, and he was like very late 20s i think. i met them once, they were like 80s and 70s and still a happy marriage.

anyway, yeah that people it fckd up. just like most monarch-dictators in the 3rd world.