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  • noun Plural form of lilangeni.

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Examples

  • Former finance minister Majozi Sithole said in his budget speech at the start of the year that corruption cost the country about 40 million emalangeni (4.8 million dollars, 3.3 million euros) every month.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • "This country is losing a lot of money through illicit dealings and we would like him to name the minister and have him prosecuted instead of telling us that there was a minister with 30 million emalangeni in his account," he told AFP.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The cost of the festivities would cost close to 50 million emalangeni (4.2 million euros or 6.5 million dollars).

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The government says the party is costing 20 million emalangeni (12.6 million dollars), but critics estimate it is costing several times that.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The move comes after Prime Minister Absalom Themba Dlamini told parliament earlier this week that one unnamed cabinet minister had amassed more than 30 million emalangeni (four million dollars/2.5 million euros) in his bank account and would now be investigated by the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Two weeks ago, the Swazi government splashed out 100 million emalangeni (12.2 million dollars, 8.5 million euros) for a controversial double anniversary to celebrate independence from Britain and the king's birthday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The state-sponsored celebration attracted widespread controversy and set the country back by 100 million emalangeni.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The government says the party is costing 20 million emalangeni (12.6 million dollars) but civil society estimates it is costing several times that.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The bash, at a cost estimated between 20 million and 50 million emalangeni (2.1 million to 5.7 million euros), drew criticism from rights groups but the king said it helped boost national morale.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Mduduzi Nicks Dlamini agreed to pay a fine of 5,000 emalangeni

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

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  • plural of lilangeni, the monetary unit of Swaziland

    July 8, 2008