Inkhosikati LaShongwe Dzeliwe Shongwe, born 1927, was Queen Regent of Swaziland between 21 September 1982 and 9 August 1983. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She was the wife of king Sobhuza II of Swaziland, and with him had one child, Prince Khuzulwandie Dlamini. Categories: Stub | Swazi monarchs | 1899 births | 1982 deaths ...

After the death of her husband in August 1982, the Royal Congress named Dzeliwe as Queen Regent, until Prince Makhosetive, designated by the king as his successor, reached the age of twenty-one. The Liqoqo supported her regency, but soon there were disagreements between her Prime Minister, Mabandla Dlamini, and other members of Congress led by Mfansibili Dlamini. These problems continued until March 1983, when Prince Mabandla was replaced by Prince Bhekimpi Dlamini. Queen Dzeliwe opposed this dismissal, and this led to her being replaced by the mother of Makhosetive, Ntombi of Swaziland as regent. Ntombi, Indovukazi of Swaziland (born ca. ...

Prince Makhosetive was crowned on the 25th of April, 1986, with the name of King Mswati III of Swaziland. In May, Mswati dissolved the Liqoqo, consolidating his power and reorganising the government. (Redirected from 25 April) April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Mswati III (born Makhosetive on April 19, 1968) of Swaziland is the king of Swaziland, and head of the Swazi Royal Family. ...

In May 1987, twelve people were accused of sedition and treason in relation to the overthrow of Queen Regent Dzeliwe in 1983. King Mswati created a special tribunal to judge these crimes against the King or the Queen Regent, in which the defendants did not have the right to legal representation. In March 1988, they were prosecuted by the tribunal, although they were set free in July. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sedition is a deprecated term of law to refer to covert conduct such as speech and organization that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. ... For other uses, see Treason (disambiguation). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Between 1981 and 1985, she maintained the post of Joint President of the National Congress.