By Zweli Martin Dlamini

MBABANE:Standard Bank Eswatini workers were busy trying to increase the limit for Inkhosikati’s bank card that allegedly declined at Bvlgari Indonesia Shop after a failed transaction amounting to R1.1million.

This was disclosed by a high profile Standard Bank customer who was inside the bank while one of the workers was running saying “seku-decline li-card leNkhosikati lena e-Indonesia, she wants us to increase the limit”.

The name of the Queen whose card declined could not be ascertained but after an investigation consucted by this Swaziland News, the shop was identified as Bvlgari-Indonesia that sells a range of luxury items such as jewelry, watches, accessories (including bags, wallets, small leather goods, eyewear, scarves, and ties), and fragrances among others.

But Swaziland News exclusively reported on Saturday that, over ten(10) King’s wives travelled to Indonesia merely for shopping with public funds and they “are expected to proceed to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates(UAE).

It has been reported that, the Queens travelled with over seventy(70) royal guards, each royal guard will receive about five hundred thousand Rands(R500,000.00) as a traveling allowance while each Inkhosikati to King Mswati allegedly received over R3million.

As a result, the collective royal extravagant spending amounts to over R80million and this includes allowances for all the Personal Assistants(PAs), traveling costs and the security team among other expenses.

But a flight tracking system suggests that, the King’s wives travelled with Mswati’s Private Jet or Airbus A340-313X registered 3DC-SDF and, to the same destination-Indonesia.

Inkhosikati Nomcebo Hlalanani Zuma, Inkhosikati Siphelele Sicebile LaMashwama, Inkhosikati Sibonelo Mngomezulu(LaMbikiza), Inkhosikati Angela Dlamini LaGija, Inkhosikati Noliqhwa Ayanda LaNtenteza and Inkhosikati Zena LaMahlangu are some of the Queens appearing in the electronic evidence obtained by this publication.

Reached for comments by this Swaziland News on Saturday afternoon, King Mswati’s Spokesperson Percy Simelane said, his Office “has not yet received information regarding the travel in question” adding that, he “wouldn’t have known about it as he handles the official business” for the Monarchy not groceries and shopping.

“My office has no information on the travel in question. Logically we are irrelevant to family grocery  purchases or shopping because they don’t fall under the official business category”, said the King’s Spokesperson.

Eswatini is facing a health crisis amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals, dozens have died since the crisis erupted triggered by rampant corruption in the public administration, with Government struggling to fund the public health system as billions sustain King Mswati and his royal family’s extravagant lifestyle.