By Zweli Martin Dlamini

MBABANE:Prince Guduza allegedly approved a proposed marriage between his granddaughter Sivikelwe Mjongile and King Mswati, an absolute Monarch.

Mjongile confirmed earlier to this Swaziland News that,her grandfather accompanied her during uMhlanga in August 2022 and that, she was given the status of being Liphovela.

But Mjongile said,she had approached the King asking for scholarship but Mswati allegedly had sex with her and subsequently gave her one hundred thousand Rands(R100,000.00) in cash, she claims that,she subsequently ran away.

Sivikelwe Mjongile who was born in 2004,is the daughter of the late African National Congress(ANC) Western Cape Provincial Secretary Songezo ‘Madiba’ Mjongile and Princess Nolwandle Dlamini,the daughter of Prince Guduza who is the current Chairman of the Eswatini Minerals Board.

“All I can confirm is that I tried on multiple occasions to separate myself from the arrangements that were being made on my behalf by my family,I succeeded in the end by running away to South Africa where I met Ndebele royal who is now my fiancé”, she said.

A questionnaire was sent to Thabile Mdluli,the Deputy Government Spokesperson,however, she declined to comment.

Worth-noting,Sivikelwe Mjongile is now pregnant and a close source told this publication that,King Mswati is not the father as Mjongile “is now happy with her Ndebele royal boyfriend”.

The source said,Sivikelwe had no intentions of marrying the King but was young and only in need of scholarship,however,she was taken advantage-of.

“She was young with no intentions of being with him in the first place,she wanted a scholarship.You can talk to her,she is expecting your call and maybe, depending on your discussions,she will confirm other things”,said the source who connected this journalist with the alleged former King’s Liphovela.

In one of the pictures,Prince Guduza is seen with his granddaughter Sivikelwe Mjongile at Ludzidzini Palace during the recent Umhlanga ceremony,Sivikelwe was wearing ema-gwalagwala and other pictures show her dancing at the front with members of the royal family like other previous emaPhovela.

But the close source told this journalist that,Nomcebo(21) was supposed to be married by one of Mswati’s sons however,the King subsequently changed his mind and developed interest in having the daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma as his next wife.

“The problem started after Sivikelwe left the room where she was kept and fled to her boyfriend in South Africa,the King was very angry and he then replaced her with Nomcebo Zuma as Liphovela”, said the source.

King Mswati an absolute Monarch and polygamist with over fifteen(15) wives, is highly expected to marry Nomcebo Zuma,the daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma.