| Tsandzile Dlamini | |||||
| Office1: | Minister for Home Affairs | ||||
| Term Start1: | 4 November 2013 | ||||
| Term End1: | 2018 | ||||
| Successor1: | Lindiwe Dlamini | ||||
| Office2: | Minister of Natural Resources and Energy | ||||
| Term Start2: | 2008 | ||||
| Term End2: | 2013 | ||||
| Office3: | House of Assembly of Eswatini Member | ||||
| Term Start3: | 2003 | ||||
| Term End3: | ? | ||||
| Father: | King Sobhuza II | ||||
| Relatives: | King Mswati III (brother) | ||||
| Children: | 2 | ||||
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Tsandzile Dlamini is a princess of Eswatini who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 2013 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.
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]