Coronation follows feuding in divided royal family
President Cyril Ramaphosa and new AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini attend the final ceremony of his coronation, in Durban, October 29 2022. Picture: ROGAN WARD/REUTERS
The official recognition by President Cyril Ramaphosa puts an end to lengthy legal wrangling that mired his succession to the throne — a battle that played out in public and the courts. This certificate of recognition was officially handed over on Saturday in Durban, where tens of thousands of people, mostly Zulus dressed in their traditional attire and carrying shields and clubs, gathered to recognise Misuzulu as the rightful heir to the late King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu.“You have picked up the mighty spear that has fallen.
Misuzulu was chosen as the rightful heir through the will of his mother, the late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, who became interim leader after the death of King Zwelithini. The queen passed away almost two months after Zwelithini.