/ 22 September 1999

ROYAL PAIN FOR SWAZI EDITOR

THE editor of a Swazi newspaper was forced to resign on Tuesday after publishing an article saying that the woman chosen to be the king’s eighth wife is a “high school dropout.” Bheki Makhubu, editor of the Sunday edition of the independent Times of Swaziland, said he has to resign or face dismissal. The article on September 12 said King Mswati’s new bride-to-be Liphovela Senteni (18) was kicked out of two schools for absenteeism and indiscipline.