The Mthatha high court has found that AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo has no authority to appoint and remove any traditional leader in his kingdom. Mthatha high court judge Philip Zilwa found the king’s efforts to remove one of his former trusted lieutenants and close relative, Nkosi Mfundiso Mabalengwe Mtirara, as senior traditional leader and acting head of Matyenengqina traditional council, and to replace him with his current right-hand man, Prince BaThembu Babalo Papu, wa.