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Order reigns over Zulu throne: Prince Simakade Zulu says he never aspired to contest new king
By Vernon Mchunu
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DURBAN - STABILITY around the Zulu monarchy appeared to have finally returned, with the announcement last night that Prince Simakade Zulu – earlier rumoured as a contender to the throne – was fully behind the new king and had never aspired to contest him.
Ending weeks of ructions in the royal household over the throne, the traditional prime minister to the kingdom Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi read a statement yesterday, in which Prince Zulu refuted rampant speculation that he had aspired to become king.
10 May 2021, 10:43 AM | Khalesakhe Mbhense | @SABCNews
Image: FlickrPrince Zeblon Zulu believes the main challenge facing the new Zulu king is poverty and unemployment.
The newly appointed monarch of the AmaZulu nation – King Misuzulu kaZwelithini – has been described as a unifier of the Zulu nation. This is according to Prince Zeblon Zulu, a historian and uncle of the new king.
46-year-old King Misuzulu KaZwelithini is the eldest son of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini and the recently departed Queen Regent, Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, daughter of the late eSwatini King Sobhuza.
Misuzulu – loosely translated – means to unite the AmaZulu. His grandmother Queen Maphovela named him Hlomesakhesihlangu – a name, which Prince Zulu jokes, was difficult for the King’s mother to pronounce.
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LISTEN: South Africa s Zulu king s eldest son named heir Updated
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The eldest son of South Africa s late Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini and his recently departed regent queen was Friday named the monarch s successor amid a turbulent succession battle.
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Prince Misuzulu Zulu, 46 whose name means strengthening the Zulus was named heir in the last will of his deceased mother and queen, Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu.
The will was read out on television on Friday.
The 65-year-old queen and regent died on April 30, weeks after she was named interim successor to her husband king Goodwill Zwelithini, the longest-serving leader of South Africa s largest ethnic group.