KZN mourns loss of leading figures
By Thobeka Ngema
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Durban - A DARK cloud has blanketed KwaZulu-Natal following deaths in the Zulu Monarch, entertainment industry and political arena this month.
The province lost His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, actor Menzi Ngubane, former Durban mayor Sipho Ngwenya, IFP proportional representation councillor Sbani Mdletshe and Inkosi Melizwe Dlamini of the Nhlangwini Tribal Authority.
His Majesty, 72, died in the early hours of Friday March 12, after spending five weeks in Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital.
He had been admitted for unstable glucose levels.
His Majesty’s body was taken home to Nongoma on Saturday and was expected to lie in state at KwaKhethomthandayo but that was not possible because he was believed to have died from Covid-19-related complications.