African king chooses 13th wife

Africa's last absolute monarch, Swaziland's King Mswati III, has picked his 13th wife.

Phindile Nkambule, 17, who finished her final exams in June to allow her to join the royal house, was unveiled as his fiancee at a reed dance ceremony at the weekend.

Nkambule was chosen by the 37-year-old King from 4000 bare-breasted virgins who participated in a selection dance at Mbangweni, south of Mbabane.

According to custom, the Ling, who rules by decree, will marry Nkambule once she falls pregnant.