(Seychelles News Agency) - Swaziland Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini and his new wife Joy Gladness Maziya left their country for a honeymoon in the Seychelles islands, according to a report in the Swazi Observer this morning.

King Mswati III of Swaziland gave the Prime Minister a week off work in order to celebrate the wedding held at Mavuso Exhibition Centre on Saturday.

Dlamini is said to need a rest after working hard to plan the wedding ceremony. He will spend four days in Seychelles and then travel to the United Arab Emirates before returning home.

Prime Minister Dlamini, who is 72 years old, met Joy Maziya after his wife of 42 years, Jane, passed away in December 2012.

He was Prime Minister of Swaziland from 1996 to 2003 and then was appointed again in October 2008.