Jabulile Mashwama
Jabulile Mashwama | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Nationality | Eswatini |
| Occupation(s) | Politician and businessperson |
| Known for | Minister of Natural Resources and Energy |
Jabulile Mashwama (born 1971) is an Eswatini politician. She served as a minister before leading the Eswatini Water Services Corporation.
Life
[edit]Mashwama was born in 1971. She went to school at Waterford Kamhlaba between 1984 and 1988 before studying science at university.[citation needed]
Mashwama became the Minister of Natural Resources and Energy in eSwatini.[1]
She worked at Coca Cola Swaziland.[2] In 2011, Wikileaks released an account of a meeting between her and the US Ambassador, Earl Irving. Irving was said to be impressed with her even though she seemed complacent about corruption.[3] In 2014, she submitted her Master of Business Administration at the business school of the University of Pretoria.[4]
In December 2018 she became the Managing Director of the Eswatini Water Services Corporation.[2] Concerns were raised that the people who proposed and agreed her appointment had themselves been appointed to the board by Mashwama when she was the responsible minister.[5]
Mashwama joined the board of the International Water Association in August 2024. The news was announced in eZulwini where the World Bank Country Director congratulated her.[1]
Private life
[edit]Her partner is Dr Petros Mashwama, a university IT lecturer,[6]and their daughter is Inkhosikati Siphelele Mashwama. She married King Mswati.[7] She was thirty years younger than the king and his fourteenth wife.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "News :: The Swaziland News". www.swazilandnews.co.za. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Board of Directors Eswatini Water Services Corporation (EWSC) – We do it through our people". www.swsc.co.sz. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "Jabulile Mashwama accused of ignoring corruption". www.times.co.sz. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ Mashwama, Jabulile (10 November 2014). "The competitive advantages of and critical success factor for financial cooperatives in Switzerland" (PDF). MBA Thesis.
- ^ "Ex-Minister Mashwama is EWSC MD". www.times.co.sz. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ a b Nkosi, Sibongakonkhe. "New bride, his 14th, for Swazi King Mswati the Third". City Press. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "Water Services Managing Director Jabulile Mashwama and her employees questioned by the police at Hlane Buganu Ceremony over 'Lihiya' with a picture". www.swazilandnews.co.za. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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