I WANT TO DIE BUT I CAN’T - MUM OF 7

NKOYOYO – She lives an impoverished life in a rented one-room house with her seven children while their father brushes shoulders with royalty.

This is the case of bedridden Fikile Ntekazi, who has seven children with a member of the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Fo-rce (USDF), whom she claims does not contribute towards the children’s maintenance and upbringing.

The name of the soldier is known to this publication but has been deliberately withheld, as he could not be reached for comment and to respond on some of the allegations made by the mother of his seven children.  

The soldier, who is a Dlamini, is based at Ludzidzini Royal Residence where he works as a Royal guard while the ailing mother of his seven children; three boys and four girls is unemployed and currently fighting for her life at the house she rents at Nkoyoyo.
The children are aged between 10 years and 23 years.

Struggling

Three of them are in primary school and two of the boys are struggling in high school, while the eldest girls are idling at home after obtaining not so positive results in Form V.
Just last month, Ntekazi and her children had to sleep in a door-less house after the landlady allegedly removed the door after she failed to pay rent for two months.

“The last time I paid rent was in April, while I was still working as a shop assistant,” he said.
The family literally goes for days without food as the mother is very sick and cannot even do piece jobs to raise money.

After the interview that was conducted amid gasps of air, she bid the reporter farewell and said it could be the last day of her life as the illness seemed to be defeating her wish to live longer and look after her children.

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