To avoid royal succession battles, AbaThembu senior traditional leader Nkosi Mfundo Bhovulengwe Mtirara publicly pronounced his four-year-old son as his successor during his wedding celebrations at the weekend. Guests at the three-day royal wedding witnessed the union of Mtirara, 50, head of AbaThembu of Matyengqina, and AmaHegebe’s Princess Buyiselwa Holomisa, 44, now known as Nkosikazi Nobandla Mtirara.
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has claimed that his uncle, the late Nelson Mandela, had demanded from former president Jacob Zuma he be put behind bars and dethroned from his kingship during the build-up to the ANC’s Polokwane elective conference in 2007.
The popular short-form user video platform TikTok has announced the tightening of its policies around political accounts using its hosting service, such as those belonging to political parties, politicians and government in SA.
Police minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner General Fannie Masemola will visit Mthatha today as pressure mounts to quell national outrage and threats against the man publicly accused of tormenting Namhla Mtwa. Thousands took to the town’s streets on Wednesday and demanded action from law enforcement in bringing Mtwa’s killer to book and stemming the tide of gender-based violence.