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2004-12-14 Africa: Subsaharan
King-sized row over royal car in starving country
Showing my ignorance, hope I got this in the correct part:

Posting because of the new players on the scene:

HE IS Africa's last absolute monarch - a man whose pursuit of lavish tastes as his people face food shortages and AIDS has made him no stranger to controversy. Now Swaziland's King Mswati III is at the centre of a new row after spending more than £250,000 on a luxury car.
I've got a soft spot for King Mswati III, because he forbade the ladies of Swaziland to wear pants. But that's just my personal perversion preference...
King Mswati - one of some 300 children of the late King Sobhuza, who had 125 wives - paid more than 150 million emalangeni (£260,000) last week for the DaimlerChrysler Maybach 62, one of only four such vehicles sold in southern Africa. Its extras include a television, DVD player, 21-speaker surround sound system, refrigerator, cordless telephone, heated steering wheel, interior pollen and dust filter, golf club set and sterling silver champagne flutes. The other three vehicles were sold to three of South Africa's new breed of black business oligarchs, Cyril Ramaphosa, Tokyo Sexwale and Patrice Mosepe.
--SNIP--
Tokyo Sexwale? Somebody named his child TOKYO SEXWALE? Good Gawd! Is there no limit to the cruelty of some people? People should be required to have a license to have children, and one of the requirements should be an agreement not to name their children "Tokyo Sexwale" or any variant thereof.
Posted by anonymous2U 2004-12-14 2:10:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 King Mswati Bling-Bling III
Posted by MacNails 2004-12-14 6:33:21 AM||   2004-12-14 6:33:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 How long before King Mswati starts sending spam to help cover the cost of his new ride? "My friend I reach out to you in strictest confidence...."
Posted by IG-88 2004-12-14 8:18:57 AM||   2004-12-14 8:18:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Dudes got to have a sweet ride if he's gonna be a player.
Posted by Steve  2004-12-14 8:19:24 AM||   2004-12-14 8:19:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Homes, howse ya gonna get titty if ya can't out ditty the P. Ditty.
Posted by ed 2004-12-14 8:37:08 AM||   2004-12-14 8:37:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I thik the grating thing is the UNICEF "feed the children" bumper sticker, at least for me...
Posted by Frank G  2004-12-14 8:45:57 AM||   2004-12-14 8:45:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Tokyo Sexwale? Sounds like he'd know a bit about pimped out rides.
Posted by tu3031 2004-12-14 9:06:03 AM||   2004-12-14 9:06:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 And a couple of days ago, we posted here the railings of a wanker who complained about how all the starving people were the West's fault.
Posted by Ptah  2004-12-14 9:07:29 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2004-12-14 9:07:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Dudes got to have a sweet ride if he's gonna be a player.

Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
Posted by Raj 2004-12-14 1:11:27 PM||   2004-12-14 1:11:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes, I'm thinking "Bangkok Sexwale" has a much nicer ring to it.
Posted by Dar  2004-12-14 3:27:48 PM||   2004-12-14 3:27:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL Frank! Missed that the first 3 times thru...
Posted by Shipman 2004-12-14 4:53:48 PM||   2004-12-14 4:53:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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