King Mswati III’s 16th wife and former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Nomcebo Zuma, touched down in Samoa on Friday morning for the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The billionaire king is currently on a whirlwind tour by private jet to attend to state business, as well as to introduce his new inkhosikati (“queen”) to the world. King Mswati shows Nomcebo Zuma to the world First on the royal couple’s itinerary was Italy where King Mswati attended the World Food Forum.
This was followed by a stopover in Serbia on Monday, with the 56-year-old monarch splashing R1 million on eSwatini University students – including some from South Africa and Burundi – studying in the country. The state-owned Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Services (EBIS) reported that each of the students who attended the event where the king and Nomcebo were hosted, received R8,000. R200m trip for billionaire king and new wife, Nomcebo Zuma According to the eSwatini-based publication Swaziland News , the royals’ overseas trip is estimated to cost citizens of the small kingdom more than R200 million.
The cost reportedly includes allowances for the royal delegation and what “is described as pocket money for the king and his new wife”. The flying costs for the king’s private jet – which has previously been described as a “palace in the air” – are also included in the hefty sum. Royal lobola: R2m and 100 cattle The 21-year-old Nomcebo was recently introduc.