KING SOBHUZA II 6/SEP 1978 SOUTH AFRICAN PERSONALITIES SERIES King Sobhuza II, 80-year-old monarch of the tiny Southern African Kingdom of Swaziland, which celebrates its 10th anniversary of independence on September 6. Since the death of Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie, Sobhuza has become the longest reigning king in Africa, if not the world. Picture: Les Bush, Afripix.