Prince Mfanasibili Dlamini (1939 – 15 March 2016) of

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was the son of Prince Makhosikhosi who was brother to

King Sobhuza II Sobhuza II (; also known as Nkhotfotjeni, Mona; 22 July 1899 – 21 August 1982) was ''Ngwenyama'' (King) of Swaziland (now Eswatini) for 82 years and 254 days, the longest verifiable reign of any monarch in recorded history. Sobhuza was bo ...

. He was born in 1939 in

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. In 1964 he was elected to the

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. In 1967 he was elected to House of Assembly and then appointed as minister of local administration. After 1972 he was appointed by King Sobhuza to the Senate and also minister of commerce and cooperatives. He was a cabinet minister during the reign of Sobhuza II and became a powerful member of the Liqoqo council during the subsequent regency (1983–1986). He orchestrated the removal of Queen

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and saw that the Queen Ntfombi Tfwala replaced her. After Prince Makhosetive was installed on the throne, Mfanasibili was convicted of "defeating the ends of justice", by attempting to use "

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" to "take away the (supernatural) powers" of King

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, during the regency and sentenced to seven years in prison. Mfanasibili was later given a royal pardon. At the time of his death 'Prince Mfanasibili was living with his wife and children in

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, where he served on the

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, and discharged his duties on behalf of the

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. He was very active in Swazi politics and his articles were at one time featured weekly in the Sunda
Times
newspaper. ' Prince Mfanasibili died aged 77 on 15 March 2016.http://www.observer.org.sz/news/79505-prince-mfanasibili-dies-%E2%80%A6to-be-buried-on-sunday.html

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