LUCWANINGO LOLUNZULU LOLUMAYELANA NEKUBALULEKA ...

Intfombi iyendza endvodzeni lenebafati labanyenti. Sitsembu sivumelekile
ngesiSwati akusilo Iihlazo kuyekwendza esitsenjini uma uyintfombi. Satali
kumele bakhutsate tintfombi tabo kutsi tikwemukele kwendza bababili nobe
babanyenti endvodzeni yinye ngobe kulisiko lesiSwati. Ingwenyama
yemaSwati Msati III ukhetse liphovela lakhe lelishumi kulomnyaka.
Liphepha le-City Press(2002:9) likubeka kanjena:
---Zena Mahlangu will marry king Msati I11 ofSwaziland
as his 1rI' wife.
Nanobe kube netinkinga ngekutekwa kwaLaMahlangu kodvwa ekugcineni
kugcine yona, lutsandvo Iwengca yonkhe intfo ngendlela lunemandla
ngakhona. Emasiko aseSwatini nawo akhombise kuba nemandla.
Kuyancomeka kutsi intfombi uma iyokwendza ibe iseyintfombi-ntfo.
Kutiphatsa kahle ekukhuleni ngiko lokutawenta kutsi intfombi ihambe
tonkhe tigaba tayo ngendlela lemukelekako. Kuyancomeka kwekutsi
emaSwati agidzisa intfombi umtsimba, bese emva kwekugidza ayayiteka
lapho seyingumfati. Kuteka intfombi-ntfo kusalandzelwa esiveni semaSwati
ngobe Mswati III utsatsa tona tintfombi-ntfo atente bafati. Imvamisa
utikhetsa native emhlangeni lapho kuya tintfombi-ntfo. Liphepha le-Sowetan
(2002: 12) Iikubeka kanjena :
She was spotted by king Msati I11 at a reed dance
ceremony last month.
Ngulokunye lekuncomekako nobe lekumele kwekutsi kulandzelwe kutsi
tintfombi tiligcine lelisiko lemhlanga ngobe livamise kutsi ligcine tintfombi
tigcinekile. Kuyintfo lenhle kutsi tintfombi tiwugece umhlanga kute kube
sikhatsi lesifanelekile.
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