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WAS AMBROSE ON THE MOVE TO MTN BOTSWANA?

29/10/2018 03:09:00 BY PHEPHILE MOTAU

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ENHLANHLENI – Has newly-appointed Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini lost out on an opportunity to head Botswana MTN?

According to his parents, before his appointment, Ambrose was preparing to move to Botswana in January 2019. His father, Mphatfwa Dlamini, claimed that this move had even been endorsed by His Majesty King Mswati III.

Mphatfwa said the endorsement was made way before His Majesty appointed Ambrose into the highest political position in the country and this aggravated the element of surprise when they heard the news. He claimed that MTN wanted Ambrose to explore other avenues, and that was why he was being moved to Botswana.

He said they could not, however, go against His Majesty’s wishes as he had seen some qualities in Ambrose. The same claims were made by Ambrose’s stepmother, Thandiwe Barbara Dlamini. She said they were surprised when his name was called at the Cattle Byre, as they just knew that he was working for MTN.

“He was being transferred to Botswana and was leaving in January. He even went to the King to report that he was being moved to Botswana,” she said.
She said they were happy that he was working diligently for MTN such that they saw it fit to promote him, as his Botswana move would have been a promotion.

Mphatfwa said the rumours that his son would be the country’s PM started circulating a long time ago. He said he never took them seriously as he thought that it was just people talking.

“The rumours were there even before he started working for MTN and I never took them seriously,” he said.
He said the rumours got stronger this year, but he did not think they could be true.

Mphatfwa said last Thursday, Ambrose called him from Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was attending a meeting, and told him that he had received a call that he should return to the country, and be at Sibaya.

“That is when I started believing that the rumours could be true. I also got ill, as the position they have appointed him in is too big. I never thought it could happen,” he said.
He said there was nothing they could do or say to change things, but they would just have to accept that His Majesty had decided that his son could lead the country.