Two giraffes were among the animals slaughtered for food for Buthelezi’s funeral, but cultural experts say there is no special significance attached to the choice of species.
If Mangosuthu Buthelezi had not opposed the apartheid state’s plans for an ‘independent’ Zulu kingdom, South Africa’s history would have unfolded very differently.
Zulu royal family member Prince Mandlakapheli Zulu voiced his displeasure about the proposed renaming of Nongoma local municipality after the late King Goodwill Zwelithini KaBhekuzulu.
The family of the AmaZulu kingdom remembered the late king Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu this week and called for unity among his children as a legal debacle over the throne continues.