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2018-06-09 Africa Subsaharan
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King Eats Off Gold, Children Starving
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[SWAZIMEDIA.BLOGSPOT] In the week that King Mswati III the absolute monarch of Swaziland / Eswatini received dining room and lounge furniture made of gold as birthday gifts it is reported that children collapsed with hunger in their school because the government had not paid for food for them.
The kingdom had previously been warned to expect children to starve because the Swazi Government had not paid its suppliers for the food that is distributed free of charge at schools. The shortage is reported to be widespread across the kingdom.
The Times of Swaziland, reported on Thursday (7 June 2018) that at least eight children had collapsed through hunger at of KaKholwane Primary School.
It reported the school’s headteacher Smangele Mtsefwa, saying it was because of a lack of food at the school.
The Times reported, ’Yesterday morning, she said a Grade II pupil soiled herself after she experienced severe stomach cramps due to hunger, while others bled through their nostrils.’
The newspaper added, ’In most cases, she said pupils complained of hunger, adding that they had gone without a meal for two days.’
The Times reported, ’Mtsefwa said those in lower grades were more prone to falling ill, while pupils in the senior classes slept on their desks.’
’She said the school kitchen had been locked since the beginning of the term and they were not preparing any meals for the pupils.’
On Monday King Mswati received gifts of furniture made of gold and at lest E15 million (US$1.2 million) in cheques to mark his 50th birthday that fell on 19 April 2018. On that day he wore a watch worth US$1.6 million and a suit weighing 6 kg studded with diamonds. Days earlier he had taken delivery of his second private jet. This one, an Airbus A340, cost US$13.2 to purchase but with VIP upgrades was estimated to have cost US$30 million.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Don Calamari's lawyer was getting even redder in the face...
seven in ten of the 1.1 million population live in abject poverty with incomes less than the equivalent of US$2 per day. The global charity Oxfam named Swaziland as the most unequal country in the world in a report that detailed the differences in countries between the top most earners and those at the bottom.
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