By Musa Mdluli

MBABANE:Tengetile Mahlalela, an alleged girlfriend to King Mswati’s sister Princess Ncengencenge has mysteriously fallen pregnant.

Mahlalela made headlines during the recent elections after receiving support from the Princess to join politics as a woman Member of Parliament(MP) representing the Hhohho Region but unfortunately, she lost to Zanele Tanele Magagula amid fears within the Parliament circles that, she will collaborate with the Princess to enact same sex marriages law in eSwatini.

Same sex marriages remain banned in eSwatini and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Qeer(LGBTQ) Association “has been trying to fight for recognition in court after the Government allegedly violated the Constitution and refused to register the organization”.

But during the elections held in Parliament where MPs were electing the Regional Women MPs, the Senator was seen sitting with her alleged girlfriend, holding her hand.

Mahlalela’s phone rang unanswered when this publication tried to contact her for a comment while the Senator has been denying being in a relationship with the aspiring MP.

Even though the couple have not publicly declared that, they are in an intimate relationship, this Swaziland News is in possession of evidence suggesting that, they “sometimes travel to South Africa and other countries to spend nights together in Hotels”.

Princess Ncengengence is receiving public funds to sustain her lifestyle and this include a royal annual grant amounting to over two hundred and fifty thousand Rands(R250,000.00), the money is paid to King Sobhuza’s children.

But a research conducted by this publication further suggests that, Lesbians can become pregnant through assisted reproductive technologies such as Intrauterine Insemination(IUI) or In Vitro Fertilization(IVF), both of which involve donor sperm. 

In IUI, donor sperm is placed directly into the uterus near the time of ovulation while IVF involves fertilizing eggs from one partner with donor sperm in a lab and then transferring the resulting embryo into the uterus of the other partner (known as Reciprocal IVF).

Princess Ncengencenge recently organized a “Baby Shower” for her alleged pregnant girlfriend.