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Phil in Paris
12-13-2004, 11:19 PM
By Thulani Mthethwa in Mbabane, Associated Press
14 December 2004


Edited due to Copywrite: please see - http://news.independent.co.uk/article294419.ece

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J.J
12-14-2004, 12:53 AM
:mad: I know it's totally sickening but the sad fact of Africa is that a lot of that seems to happen here. I'm not being cynical - it's just seems to be a fact. I mean look at Zimbabwe where the people are beginning to eat game because they are so starving and Mugabe carries on his billionaire lifestyle totally unfazed by the suffering of his own people

Keltria
12-14-2004, 11:25 AM
Perhaps he needed the car, like thabo Mbeki needed his OWN aeroplane with a bed and everything else, while his people remain homeless. Well lets face it, the king has 33 some odd wives i think, so perhaps he needs the new car as transport for family outings. I lived in Swaziland for a very short time, it's sad to see how those people are exploited and forced to work for barely no reimbursement. If they object they are jailed for treason.