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PICS: ARMED FORCES VS PROTESTERS! 01 July 2021 Eswatini is in chaos. Photos from Twitter.
AS the situation in Eswatini deepens, so does the mystery around the whereabouts of King Mswati III.
On Wednesday, 30 June, the stand-off between security forces and citizens worsened as the armed forces opened fire on protesters.
Protesters ran amok destroying property and targeted some companies including Swaziland Breweries, which is linked to the king.
Mswati is under pressure to surrender power, which he’s held since 1986.
Critics demand he makes way for the establishment of a democratically-elected president. Amid the escalating clashes which have drawn international criticism, Mswati has been silent which has given weight to the rumours he has “fled” the county.
This week’s latest development from the Zulu royal court took many by surprise when it emerged that a third faction is contesting for the throne despite the fact that King Misuzulu is already occupying it.
The fight for the Zulu throne has taken another turn as a new royal faction is threatening to initiate a court action to compel the Zulu royal house to stop the ascension of King Misuzulu as the King of the Zulu nation.
It has been just over a month since 47-year-old King Misuzulu KaZwelithini was named in the will of his late mother, Zulu Queen Regent Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, to take over the Zulu monarchy