The battle for the Zulu throne is on, as fierce arguments were heard in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg, including a conflict of interest with the presiding judge.
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Hundreds of mourners paid their respects today to Goodwill Zwelithini in Nongoma, the King s birthplace
The Zulu King passed away in the early hours of Friday following weeks of treatment in hospital for diabetes
At the funeral today, topless women in elaborate necklaces danced and sang as they paraded to mortuary
During his 49-year-long reign, Zwelithini revived annual festivals where bare-breasted young virgins danced in front of him
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This article was first published in 2014.
Whisked away from home at 17, plunged into scandal, and incarcerated in a palace for a decade, she appeared for her weekend wedding oozing the charisma that may explain a lot about the new Zulu Queen.
But who, really, is Zola Mafu, the sixth wife of King Goodwill Zwelithini?
When the teenage Zola appeared in public with the king in 2004, it scandalised the public. There is a forty-year age difference between the two. She is 27; he has just turned 66, and in fact celebrated his birthday during the wedding weekend.
When Zola gave birth to his child later that year, the tongues wagged all over Zululand and beyond.