In 2001, faced with the relentlessness of the AIDS pandemic, Mswati III invoked an ancient chastity rite, asking Swazi maidens to refrain from sex for five years.

• 2001年，艾滋病四处泛滥，密斯瓦提三世就启动了一项古老的贞洁习俗，号召本国处女5年之内杜绝性生活。