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These are the 15 beautiful wives that King Mswati III has married

King Mswati III recently unveiled his virgin bride after a week-long Umhlanga Reed Dance.

King Mswati III recently unveiled his virgin bride after a week-long Umhlanga Reed Dance which began on 29th of August and ended on Monday 4th September.

Siphelele Mashwama (19), the daughter of a Swaziland Cabinet Minister emerged as the fairest of them all and caught the King’s eye to become his 15th bride.

King Mswati is well-known for hosting the annual traditional reed ceremony held in September or October where he gets to pick a new wife every year.

Thousands of unmarried and childless girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to Ludzidzini to participate in the eight-day event, and would-be brides are publicly checked to ascertain their virginity.

Business Insider SSA looks at all the beautiful queens that the 49 year-old has married:

  • Inkhosikati (Queen) LaMatsebula: “The Great Wife”

Ritual wife

  • Inkhosikati LaMotsa: “La Madone”

Ritual wife

  • Inkhosikati LaMbikiza(The Gospel Singer)

Married:1986

  • Inkhosikati LaNgangaza(The Advocate)

Married:1987

  •  Inkhosikati LaHwala(The Wanted)

Married:2004

  • Inkhosikati LaMagwaza(The Artist)

Married:2004

  • Inkhosikati LaMasango(The high school dropout)

Married:2000

  •  Inkhosikati LaGija(The runaway spouse)

Married:2002

  • Inkhosikati LaMagongo(The favourite)

Married:2002

  • Inkhosikati LaMahlangu(The one that couldn't get away)

Married:2002

  • Inkhosikati LaNtentesa(The fixer)

Married:2005

  • Inkhosikati LaDube(The double-dealer)

Married:2005

  • Inkhosikati LaNkambule(The young and restless)

Married:2007

  • Sindiswa Dlamini(The Liphovela)

Married:2013

  •  Siphelele Mashwama

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