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| Swaziland: King Wears Watch Worth U.S.$1.6-Million |
| 2018-05-01 |
| [All Africa] King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of impoverished Swaziland, wore a watch worth US$1.6 million to his 50th birthday party. This was in addition to a suit beaded with diamonds that weighed 6 kg. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... teachers are warning that children may starve because the Swazi Government cannot afford to pay to feed them. The charity Oxfam called Swaziland the most unequal country in the world in a report. Days before his birthday King Mswati took delivery of his second private jet plane. This one, an A340-300 Airbus had a purchase price of US$13.2 million, but with VIP upgrades it reportedly cost about US$30 million. A picture of the King with his watch and suit was published on Facebook by a group that monitors the spending of the Swazi Royal Family. The watch is a Jacobs & Co Grand Baguette timepiece. The Jacobs & Co website describes the watch as, 'polished 18K white gold invisibly set with 360 baguette diamonds 13.20ct.; five crowns invisibly set with baguette diamonds 3.50ct.; five sapphire glasses with transparent anti-reflective treatment; circular satin-finished with hand engraving case back. Dial: Local time and four time zone dials for New York, L.A., Tokyo and Gay Paree.' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 ^ "Fine timepiece, brother?" |
| Posted by: Anginert Tojo9923 2018-05-01 20:16 |
| #9 I bought a Swazi watch from a guy in Times Square and it was a piece of junk. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2018-05-01 19:59 |
| #8 Love their jungled Alps |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-01 17:45 |
| #7 Come on people - KEEP UP !!! THE King of Swaziland, Mswati III, has a problem. “Whenever we go abroad”, he says, “people refer to us as Switzerland.” So on April 18th, at a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain, the king announced that he was changing Swaziland’s name to eSwatini. (As an absolute monarch he can make such decisions.) With its lower-case “e”, this new name might seem at first glance to be an attempt to rebrand one of the world’s last remaining absolute monarchies as something a little more modern, but the new name in fact simply means “Land of the Swazis”. |
| Posted by: Classer 2018-05-01 16:58 |
| #6 Jeez, talk about conspicuous... consumption! rimshot |
| Posted by: Dat Old TB 2018-05-01 15:54 |
| #5 Does Swaziland qualify as a $#it-hole country? Seems like it to me. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-05-01 09:58 |
| #4 Swaziland is roughly (just a bit over) the population of the State of Montana. I wonder if there are any poverty stricken people in Montana that you use some USAID assistance? Say, a few hundred dollars per year per family ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-01 08:36 |
| #3 1 SZL = .08 USD One shizzle equals 8 cents US? Not exactly a sign of a thriving economy. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-05-01 08:29 |
| #2 How much is thought Chavez's daughter move out of Caracas? |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-05-01 06:22 |
| #1 Here's how the worthless kaffir paid for it. USAID Report - $10 Million USD in 2018, which is considerably down form a high of $35 Million USD in 2016. Send more USD. I need mo BLING ! 40% Unemployment and the highest HIV Aids rate in the world. Excellent investment ek se. (1 SZL = .08 USD) With a population of just over 1 million, the USAID contribs appear to be little more than international welfare. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-01 02:37 |