MATHANZIMA WAS WALKING ENCYCLOPAEDIA - DAMBUZA

MBABANE – Swaziland has lost another son of the soil who served the country with zeal and diligence.

These are the words of Ludzidzini Council Member Chief Dambuza Lukhele who said the country lost a great leader following the death of the late Mathanzima Dlamini.

A distraught Lukhele said the passing of Dlamini robbed the country a wealth of experience on issues of state that were now very scarce to find.
“I really do not know what to say about the death of Mathanzima. He was like a walking encyclopaedia as he knew a lot about the country.
He made sure that he defended the truth even if it was painful to the other party.

“To His Majesty we do not know what we will say. The King tried by all means that Mathanzima recovered so that he could come back and serve him like he did until he departed from this world,” said Lukhele.
It was gathered that His Majesty had tasked one of his personal assistants to ensure that Dlamini received the best treatment and that he made it back.

“LaMakhanya left early this morning for Nelspruit on the instruction of His Majesty. His Majesty did everything to assist.”
The late Mathanzima was the last remaining member to serve in the Central Committee before joining the Ludzidzini Council.
He worked with the late former Deputy Prime Minister Sishayi Nxumalo, the late Abednego Kuseni Hlophe, Zonkhe Khumalo and the late Ndawonye Sikhondze in the Central Committee. He served King Sobhuza II and the present King before his demise.    

Lukhele said when they heard that Dlamini was out of the intensive care unit in Nelspruit, it gave them hope to believe that his condition was getting better but the cruel hand of death left them dumbfounded following the news of his death.
Lukhele said Dlamini’s death was not a loss to his family but to the whole country because the status of senior statesman befitted him.

Former Minister of Education and Training and the country’s High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa Solomon Dlamini said the family was puzzled about the death of their own such that talking at this juncture would be premature for them as a family.

“He belongs to certain people so as a family we are not fit to say anything about his death. I am sorry that this issue has reached public before we could meet and report his death to the relevant structures,” said Dlamini in a brief interview yesterday.

Mathanzima met his death while undergoing treatment in a South African hospital.
Mathanzima was passionate about agriculture such that he was always involved when land issues were discussed. 

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