Nothando Dube, known as Inkhosikati LaDube, (6 February 1988[1]– 8 March 2019) was a member of the House of Dlamini as the twelfth Inkhosikati (Queen consort) and wife of King Mswati III of Eswatini.
Biography
Nothando Dube was a former Miss Teen Swaziland.[2][3] Dube attended Mater Dorolosa High School.[4] She met Mswati III, the king of Eswatini, in 2004 at a birthday party he hosted for one of his children. He chose her as his new bride during a reed dance she, along with thousands of other Eswatini women, performed at Ludzidzini Royal Village.
Life as a consort
In 2005 she married Mswati III, becoming his twelfth wife, when she was sixteen years old.[5] She gave birth to three children.[6][7] In 2010 she had an affair with justice minister Ndumiso Mamba, for which she was reportedly placed under house arrest.[8][9][10] She filed complaints of abuse and torture at the hands of the king's guards.[11] After a year under house arrest, she was banished from the royal household and prevented from seeing her children.[12]
Death
She died on 8 March 2019 at a hospital in South Africa from skin cancer.[13][14] Her death was officially announced by Governor Lusendvo Fakudze through the Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service.[15] She was buried on 11 March 2019.[16]
References
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- ^ "Swazi queen flees to SA – report". Independent Online. Independent News & Media. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Laing, Aislinn (20 November 2011). "Twelfth wife of Swaziland kicked out of palace over 'affair' with justice minister". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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- ^ Samanga, Rufaro (8 March 2019). "The Twelfth Wife of King Mswati III of eSwatini has Died". Okay Africa. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "King Mswati's 12th wife has died". SABC News. South African Broadcasting Corporation. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Shange, Sibusiso (8 March 2019). "INKHOSIKATI LADUBE PASSES ON". Times of Swaziland. Retrieved 10 March 2019.