Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini succumbed to COVID-19 complications on Sunday while receiving treatment at a hospital in South Africa.
“Their Majesties have commanded that I inform the nation of the sad and untimely passing away of His Excellency the Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini,” Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku said in a statement.
Dlamini tested positive for coronavirus in mid-November and was initially hospitalised at a health facility in Mbabane.
He was later moved to South Africa at the end of November after he developed complications.
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