King Misuzulu kaZwelithini.
The birthright of the AmaZulu monarch – and whether kingship is assured by lineage – is at the heart of a fierce legal wrangle for control of the throne.
On Wednesday, in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, high-powered lawyers for warring half-brothers Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini and Prince Simakade Jackson Zulu faced off for a third day.
Simakade and Mbonisi Zulu, a half-brother of late King Goodwill Zwelithini, launched the application to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recognition of Misuzulu as rightful monarch set aside.
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