Nothando Dube, known as Inkhosikati LaDube, (6 February 1988– 8 March 2019) was a member of the

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as the twelfth Inkhosikati (Queen consort) and wife of

King Mswati III Mswati III (born Makhosetive; 19 April 1968) is the king (Swazi: Ngwenyama, Ingwenyama yemaSwati) of Eswatini and head of the Swazi royal family. He was born in Manzini in the Protectorate of Swaziland to King Sobhuza II and one of his younger w ...

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Biography

Nothando Dube was a former Miss Teen Swaziland. Dube attended Mater Dorolosa High School. She met

Mswati III Mswati III (born Makhosetive; 19 April 1968) is the king (Swazi: Ngwenyama, Ingwenyama yemaSwati) of Eswatini and head of the Swazi royal family. He was born in Manzini in the Protectorate of Swaziland to King Sobhuza II and one of his younger wi ...

, the king of Eswatini, in 2004 at a birthday party he hosted for one of his children. He chose her as his new bride during a reed dance she, along with thousands of other Eswatini women, performed at

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Life as a consort

In 2005 she married Mswati III, becoming his twelfth wife, when she was sixteen years old. She gave birth to three children. In 2010 she had an affair with justice minister Ndumiso Mamba, for which she was reportedly placed under house arrest. She filed complaints of abuse and torture at the hands of the king's guards. After a year under house arrest, she was banished from the royal household and prevented from seeing her children.

Death

She died on 8 March 2019 at a hospital in

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from

skin cancer Skin cancers are cancers that arise from the skin. They are due to the development of abnormal cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body. There are three main types of skin cancers: basal-cell skin cancer (BCC) ...

. Her death was officially announced by Governor Lusendvo Fakudze through the

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. She was buried on 11 March 2019.

References

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