Swaziland’s
police have confirmed that 11 young women and two men died in a road
accident at the weekend on their way to an annual ceremony where the
king might have chosen one of the women as his wife.
Four trucks
transporting scores of young women to the traditional Umhlanga Reed
Dance collided on Friday near the town of Matsapha on Swaziland’s major
highway, police spokesperson Inspector Phindile Vilakati told Reuters.
An advocacy group based in neighbouring South Africa, the Swaziland Solidarity Network, on Saturday put the death toll at 38.
Eighty-one people were admitted to hospital, but most have since been discharged, Vilakati said.
The
Umhlanga Reed Dance has in the past involved bare-breasted young Swazi
women dancing and singing in beaded mini-skirts to catch the eye of King
Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch.
The main dance, meant to celebrate womanhood and virginity, is due to start on Monday.
Thousands
of young women descend on the royal residence from all over the nation
every year, but in a country where relatively few families own vehicles
and where infrastructure is poor, many are squeezed onto open trucks.
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