Swaziland: Driving past poverty

Said to be one of the ten most expensive cars in the world, the Maybach 62 is sleek, glamorous and – some might argue – a little out of place in a country where two thirds of the population lives below the poverty line. But if that country is Swaziland – and the person behind the wheel, so to speak, is King Mswati the Third – this argument would not stand in the way of him signing on the dotted line. The Maybach, produced by the German-American car manufacturer Daimler-Chrysler, has become the latest addition to the royal fleet – and Mswati took his first spin in the vehicle last week.