I’m rich - Wilson

MBABANE – Minister of Education and Training Wilson Ntshangase says he is a rich man and his bank balance backs that.

The minister lost during the elections but he has been in a jolly mood, which he claims has to do with the knowledge that he has invested wisely.
He was among the five Cabinet ministers who crashed out of the elections. Ntshangase has claimed that he has invested the money he made as a teacher, a politician and a budding businessman. He claims he will not need the safety net of a salary to survive until the next election year in 2018.
He said sympathies are welcome, but he will not be reduced to a beggar after losing the elections.

Ntshangase, who doubled as Shiselweni I Member of Parliament as well as the Minister of Education and Training in the dissolved Parliament, could not make it to the last round of parliamentary elections in his constituency.

In an interview, Ntshangase said while he was at Parliament, he did his calculations well in terms of being independent from relying on a salary to survive.  He said the money he will get from his gratuity is by itself enough to last him until the next election year.
The retired head teacher said he acquired his teaching retirement package and invested it well in property and other business interests. He also stated that he would not return to teaching. 

“I am moving around acting as if I am still at Cabinet.  After politics I will be selling cars, a business I was already running. I also have a general dealer shop at my constituency.  With the retirement package from being a head teacher I bought a new tractor, and a portion of land in Nhlangano urban area.  I am looking forward to investing the gratuity, which I will get from being a politician, in my businesses for purposes of expanding them. “I was not depending on my salary as a parliamentarian.

That’s why I went to school to learn to be independent.  People may offer their sympathy it’s not a problem, but if you can go to the bank you will see who I am.  You will never see me begging in the streets.
Ntshangase said he intends to construct a chain of shops and a filling station as part of his plan.

‘Do not be bitter, life goes on’

MBABANE – Minister Wilson Ntshangase has advised former parliamentarians who lost out in the Primary Elections to get fresh air and interact with people instead of being bitter. 

The minister said the election losers should not stay indoors as life goes on. 
“The former legislators should not think this is the end of the world.  They should have been investing the money they were earning during their political careers so that when they come out of politics they could still live well.

“As for me I will be busy working waya waya (non-stop).  Waya waya will come to life now.”
On the other hand Ntshangase indicated that he will definitely come back for parliamentary elections in 2018 as long as he would be alive.    

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