The AmaXhosa royal household has announced that all celebrations, including summer initiations, should be postponed in lieu of the late king's passing.
JOHANNESBURG - The AmaXhosa royal household has announced that all celebrations, including summer initiations, should be postponed.AmaXhosa king to be laid to rest on 29 November
"The mourning period entails, for us, a period wherein we observe with full respect the fact that the king has departed to join the ancestors.
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