Sex-ban Swazi king pays fine

Adapted from a report by Hilary Andersson on the BBC

Date: Monday, 12 November, 2001

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King Mswati III faced protests outside his palace

The King of Swaziland, bowing to from angry young women, has fined himself a cow for a vow he imposed on the rest of the country.

In a very unusual demonstration, 300 young Swazi women gathered outside the royal palace and laid down their ceremonial tassels, designed as belts to warn off men.

Teenagers said the King had broken his own rules. They were showing how angry they were that King Mswati III had broken his own rules.

In an attempt to fight the problem of Aids in Swaziland, the King had asked Swazis to invoke a traditional rite requiring virgins to from sex for five years.

But not long after this he announced he was to marry a 17-year-old girl. among Swazi women grew when they learned that his fiancée was living at the royal palace.

Any man who breaks the ban is fined an animal, such as a cow, or will be to pay about $160.

Villagers

By way of apology, the King a cow to a village where it was barbecued and eaten. The villagers were apparently .

A one-third of the population in Swaziland is infected with the HIV virus. So far Aids is estimated to have killed 50,000 of Swaziland's one million people.

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