Africa News of Friday, 30 April 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
South Africa's powerful Zulu nation has lost its interim regent in the person of Queen Mantfombi MaDlamini Zulu, who was one of the six wives of the deceased long-serving king Goodwill Zwelithini.
Queen MaDlamini Zulu was the late king’s third wife and sister to Mswati III, the monarch of neighbouring Eswatini.
She was elevated to leader of the Zulu nation in March, days after the burial of the late king and it was said to be in line with the last wishes of the king.
Zwelithini's will was read on March 21 in the presence of Prime Minister of the Zulu nation, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi who said the queen's appointment was in line with King Zwelithini’s wishes.
Prime Minister to the Zulu Nation and Monarch - Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi says the news have taken them by surprise and “utterly bereft”. He says however, while the family is rightly grief-stricken - there will be no leadership vacuum in the Zulu Nation. @NkoRaphael
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) April 29, 2021