Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini, was born on 01 September 1987, and she is the current Minister
of ICT of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland.
She is the eldest daughter of King Mswati III, and her mother is Sibonelo Mngomezulu.
Sikhanyiso Dlamini is the first-born of thirty children born to King Mswati III, and has
more than two hundred blood-related uncles and aunts through her grandfather, King Sobhuza
II, who had seventy wives and two hundred and one children.
She is also one of the one thousand grandchildren of King Sobhuza, in the Royal Swazi House
of Dlamini.
Sikhanyiso Dlamini was educated in Britain, at a mixed private school, St Edmund's College,
in Hertfordshire.
She continued to study drama at Biola University in California.
In 2012, Princess Sikhanyiso graduated from Sydney University, with a master's degree
in digital communication.
In 2001, King Mswati III instituted a traditional chastity rite in Swaziland, as a means of
combatting the AIDS epidemic.
The princess became a focus of controversy, because while she was staying abroad, she
was not bound by the strictures of the chastity rite.
While studying abroad, Princess Sikhanyiso developed a reputation for ignoring, or rebelling
against her native country's traditions.
She wears western-style jeans and miniskirts, something women in Swaziland are banned from
doing.
On 14 December 2003, a report appeared in the Times of Swaziland, claiming that Princess
Sikhanyiso had gone on a trip to the US and Britain, and that the Swazi government had
spent close to $100,000 on her trip.
The Prime Minister's office subsequently issued a press statement denying these claims.
At the end of the ban in 2005, Princess Sikhanyiso, then seventeen years old, celebrated, with
a party, involving loud music and alcohol at the Queen mother's residence.
As punishment for the princess's disrespect of the royal residence, during which Mswati
announced his engagement to a new wife-to-be, an official overseeing traditional affairs
beat Princess Sikhanyiso with a stick.
The following year, the Princess criticized the institution of polygamy in Swaziland,
saying, "Polygamy brings all advantages in a relationship to men, and this to me is unfair
and evil."
The Princess was subsequently 'gagged' by the Royal Palace, and the press was not allowed
to contact her.
She is an aspiring actress and rapper, and is commonly known as "Pashu" in Swaziland.
She was featured in a 2007 documentary titled, Without the King, about the monarchy in Swaziland,
the disparity between the royals' wealth, the widespread poverty of their subjects,
and Swaziland's HIV AIDS crisis.
In late September 2013, she had a three-hour-long Twitter conversation with a proscribed Swazi
organisation, the People's United Democratic Movement.
Afterwards her Twitter account was deleted without explanation.
The King supported the Princess, with her launch of the Imbali Foundation, in April
2014.
The foundation focuses on the health, education, and spirituality of Imbali YemaSwati.
The Princess runs the beauty pageant Miss Swaziland Tourism.
The Swaziland Deaf Association requested her patronage for Miss Deaf Africa, and received
the government's support.
During the Princess's brief stay in Malaysia for an internship program, at Limkokwing University,
she recorded a single titled "Hail Your Majesty", in honour of her father, The King.
The debut of the tribute song received a standing ovation at Limkokwing, during the conferment
of an honorary doctorate to King Mswati III on 4 July 2013.
The Princess is a member of the board of directors of MTN Swaziland, a multinational mobile telecommunications
company.
She has appointed a businessman from Malaysia, the director of MyStartBiz, Muhammad Qadeer,
as her Special Envoy for Investment Promotion in the Kingdom of Swaziland.
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