EX-ZAMBIA PRESIDENT AT PRINCESS’S KUCELA CEREMONY

MBABANE – It all started with the three little words – I love you- but it ended attracting respected and renowned people in former statesman, former Zambian President Rupiah Banda, and Prince Lonkhokhela.

The two respected figures might have not thought that they would meet one day, but yesterday they did when they witnessed the kucela ceremony (asking for hand in marriage) of Princes Simile – a daughter  of Prince Lonkhokhela - by his fiancée Darlington Mwape.
For the hand of the princess, Mwape paid a herd of 30 cattle.

The colourful event took place at the prince’s homestead in Mbabane next to Sifundzani High School yesterday. Those in the know have it that the story began in 2017 during the popular Umhlanga Reed Dance annual ceremony.
It is said Mwape chose to visit the country for the first time and coincidentally it was that time of Umhlanga, which attracts and is attended by thousands of local and foreign people.

On the other hand, for Princess Simile, she was attending her 25th Reed Dance not knowing what could come her way on that particular day.

“The night before the dance, we were introduced by a mutual friend and the meeting seemed innocent enough. On the next day, among hundreds of thousands of maidens who were dancing, Mwape had eyes for the princess.

“He was convicted in the fact that he had found a wife and made his intentions very clear. He consistently exhibited virtues of patience, kindness and selflessness,” reads a written brief, which was distributed at the event, on their relationship.

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