AmaZulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini Seeks to Unite the Nation After Court Victory

AmaZulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini Seeks to Unite the Nation After Court Victory

  • AmaZulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini won his court battle against an attempt to prevent him from speaking
  • He addressed the crowds at the commemoration of the Battle of iSandlwana and urged the Zulu nation to unite
  • Two court cases still need to be decided, one from King Goodwill Zwelithini’s first wife, Queen Sibongile and another from the queen’s daughters, Princess Ntandoyenkosi and Ntombizosuthu

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DURBAN - King MisuZulu KaZwelithini spoke at the commemoration of the Battle of iSandlwana after winning a legal challenge in court.

He urged the Zulu nation to unite behind him and said that he honoured the late king and respected him beyond the grave.

AmaZulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini, Battle of iSandlwana
Amzulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini seeks to unite the Zulu nation following his latest court victory. Photo credit: @misuzulu
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eNCA reported that King KaZwelithini spoke about the importance of their land and its defence of it.

A case had been launched in court to prevent King Misuzulu kaZwelithini from speaking at the commemoration. Some members of the royal family wanted to prevent Misuzulu from addressing the crowds as the king.

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Two cases are currently being argued before the court, one is from King Goodwill Zwelithini’s first wife, Queen Sibongile Winifred Zulu who believes that she is entitled to half of the late king's estate.

The queen’s daughters, Princess Ntandoyenkosi and Ntombizosuthu claim that their late father's will had been fraudulently signed according to EWN.

Queen Dlamini Zulu loses court bid to nullify late the Zulu King's 5 marriages

Earlier, Briefly News reported that the first wife of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini, Queen Sibongile Dlamini-Zulu has been unable to succeed in her last-minute court bid to amend her court papers have the customary marriages of the late King declared invalid.

The late application was presented to the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday afternoon, 11 January.

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The judge presiding over the original application stated that there were no valid reasons why the late application was presented to the court.

Dlamini-Zulu also attempted to have Judge Isaac Madondo who is presiding over her case recused, stating he would have a conflict of interest, however, that application was also dismissed.

King Zwelithini’s widows pampered by KZN premier, given cars and renovated homes

Briefly News previously reported that the widows of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini received five cars from the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government this morning (17 December).

Sihle Zikalala, the Premier of the province, told the queens that their palaces will be renovated soon, after Covid-19 halted their previous efforts to complete the project.

“Our process was disrupted first by Covid-19 but second by allowing the royal house to go through the process of mourning," Zikalala said.

According to TimesLIVE, Zikalala's gift comes with one condition attached: that a new Zulu king must be appointed before the provincial government sponsors any of the royal house's functions.

Source: Briefly News

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