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Tsandzile Dlamini
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| Minister for Home Affairs | |
| In office 4 November 2013 – 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Lindiwe Dlamini |
| Minister of Natural Resources and Energy | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| House of Assembly of Eswatini Member | |
| In office 2003–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse |
Musa Mdluli (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | King Mswati III (brother) |
| House | House of Dlamini |
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Tsandzile Dlamini is a princessofEswatini who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 2013[citation needed] to 2018.[1][2]
Dlamini is the daughter of King Sobhuza II and Inkhosikati Gogo Mngometulu and the younger sister of King Mswati III.[3] She has a degree in psychology from Boston and a master's degree in Archives Administration from India.[4]
Dlamini worked as an archivist. She was appointed as a Member of House of Assembly of Eswatini in 2003, one of the king's ten constitutionally allowed appointments, along with two other brothers.[4] In 2008, she was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Energy.[5] In 2010, she was named as one of a number of ministers who were allowed to buy 'crown land' at below market value in a "questionable land deal."[6] On 4 November 2013, she was appointed Minister for Home Affairs.[7][8]
Dlamini has been married to Musa Mdluli since 1989 and they have two children.[9] In 2016, the king received a gift of 140 cattle as a bride price for her.[10]
