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Source: The Swazi king’s R2.7bn plane and parking space | City Press
The king who pays his old age pensioners R400 per month has just spent R2.7 billion on a swanky new aeroplane, and somewhere to park it.
King Mswati III, has given himself a lovely 50th birthday gift – an Airbus A340-300 – and has blinged it out as befitting a king with a broke country.
Despite endless warnings from the International Monetary Fund about the dire state of Swaziland’s economy, the king’s latest acquisition from the Republic of China (Taiwan) has dug deep into the coffers of the ailing economy.
The Swazi government pension for the elderly stands at 400 emalangeni (R400) per month and those who turn 60 years old have to wait a little longer as they are only given their grants after a year.
The money does not get backdated to the date they turned 60.
King Mswati III’s new private plane
The king spent R200 million buying the plane, another R500 million to refurbish it, and the hangar for