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Prince Mangosuthu
Buthelezi on Friday.
Due to Covid-19 measures, Zwelithini's body will not lay in state, as has been tradition with monarchs.
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who suffered from diabetes, succumbed to Covid-19-related complications in hospital, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi said during a radio interview on Friday.
In an interview on the SABC radio station Ukhozi FM, Buthelezi said the king died from complications related to the virus.
"I want to emphasise to the Zulu nation that although we are broken, we must not forget that the king died during such a difficult time, during Covid-19. And when he was admitted to hospital he was taken by this death, even Queen MaNdlovu was taken," said Buthelezi, who is the traditional prime minister of the monarchy.