Resign call over dung theft

Mbabane - Swaziland's parliamentary speaker, who has been asked to resign for taking cow dung from the royal yard, has insisted…

Mbabane - Swaziland's parliamentary speaker, who has been asked to resign for taking cow dung from the royal yard, has insisted he did so in order to perform rituals to protect the king.

An official told journalists that Mgabhi Dlamini said he had had a series of dreams in which he was warned that King Mswati III was in danger.

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