Eswatini: King Lives Lavishly On Firms' Dividends

King Mswati III of Swaziland, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, is personally benefitting from monies paid by international companies to operate in his kingdom.

The King is receiving millions of dollars a year from companies including the cell phone giant MTN; sugar conglomerates Illovo and Remgro; Sun International hotels and beverages firm SAB Miller, the South African newspaper Sunday Times has reported.

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