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She was appointed as the chief of the area in 2002, after series of disagreements with her cousin on her succession to the throne due to her female gender. The disagreements begun after her father, Hosi Fofoza
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She started her primary education at age 7, at a time when girls were not allowed to receive a formal education. On completing her secondary education in 1959, she enrolled in Lemana
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Phylia
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