Royalty of South Africa - Page 2

Kasumi · #21 03-21-2010, 12:27 PM

Socialite and businessman Sifiso Zulu, who is a director of 29 companies and close corporations, and a member of Zulu royal family, claims he is a man of straw with no money to settle an almost R5 million debt he owes to provincial development finance provider Ithala.

And unless he can explain to the Durban High Court how he intends to pay back the money, he will be provincially sequestrated and his financial affairs will be put under the scrutiny of a court-appointed trustee. - Full article

Kasumi · #22 04-05-2010, 03:14 AM

An interview of Princess Tirelo Molotlegi born in Soweto (SAR) with a small picture - Times Live

Kasumi · #23 04-20-2010, 12:29 AM

Over two million men will be circumcised in South Africa in a bid to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, a report said.
The project will be launched Sunday in KwaZulu-Natal region by King Goodwill Zwelithini, Premier Zweli Mkhize was quoted as saying by BuaNews Friday.
Full article - Thaindian News

Kasumi · #24 04-20-2010, 12:31 AM

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize announced during his budget vote on the royal household that the trust was ready to oversee the Zulu monarch's budget and expenditure.
The seven-member trust, chaired by Judge Jerome Ngwenya, is expected to make the Zulu royal household self-sufficient.
King Goodwill - the most pampered of South Africa's monarchs - was allocated R40-million by the provincial government this year.- Times Live

Kasumi · #25 06-05-2010, 12:48 AM

A statue of Shaka Zulu has been removed from the new airport in South Africa's port city of Durban after complaints about the warrior king's portrayal.
In it he is unarmed and surrounded by cattle, but some think the king should have a spear, shield and wild animals.
The current Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has also questioned the statue's airport location, reports say.
Once an agreement has been reached on a new design, the statue will be put back up, officials say. - BBC
King Shaka Zulu - the founder of KwaZulu kingdom

Kasumi · #26 06-08-2010, 12:21 AM

South Africa's governing party says the king of Nelson Mandela's Thembu clan has died.
In a statement, the African National Congress said King Zwelenkosi Lwandile Matanzima "worked tirelessly to improve the lives of his people and rural communities in general."

He was 39. No cause of death was reported. Local media report he had recently been hospitalized frequently and died Saturday in a hospital in East London, in southeastern South Africa.
Obituary
A royal battle against the bottle - Dispatch Online

RJ TAYLER · #27 06-10-2010, 06:06 AM

My condolences to His Late Majesty's People and Family.

Kasumi · #28 06-14-2010, 12:15 AM

HRH the Princess Mbali was hurt in a stampede by thousands of football fans outside a stadium in South Africa, before a World Cup friendly match between Nigeria and North Korea. - AlJazeera

Princess Mbali, who was wearing a green South African shirt, said: “When we were coming in they were just stepping on us. I thought I was dying.”- AFP

Kasumi · #29 06-26-2010, 03:31 AM

The Commission on Gender Equality (South Africa) is being asked to rule on royal succession after Princess NomaXhosa Sigcawu of the AmaGcaleka Kingdom brought a case before them arguing that, as daughter of the senior consort to the late King Zwelidumile, she should have succeeded to the tribal throne instead of her brother, currently King Xolilizwe. The CGE is put in a rather difficult position by this since the laws and constitution of South Africa do tend to go against the spirit of monarchy and royal succession but nonetheless allow these to exist within the framework of the state in an unofficial capacity. The leader of the Congress of Traditional Leaders has said that royal succession is about tradition and the laws of the government have no bearing on them.
More articles on the topic here, here and here

Kasumi · #30 08-09-2010, 12:02 AM

Five years after installing their paramount chief, there now appears to be simmering tensions in the Batlokwa tribe as the royal family is reportedly divided over Puso Gaborone’s chieftaincy.
Information passed to The Sunday Standard suggests that some members within the Batlokwa royal family are divided over the chieftainship. - The Sunday Standard

Batlokwa royal family

Kasumi · #31 08-09-2010, 12:05 AM

THE newly declared monarch of AmaMpondo, King Zanozuko Tyelovuyo Sigcau, agrees that his first challenge is to reunite the kingdom so that it can be restored to its former glory.

Sigcau, 35, was pronounced the new king of all AmaMpondo by President Jacob Zuma on July29.- Daily Dispatch Online

Kasumi · #32 09-09-2010, 03:08 PM

William Holland, a genealogical researcher living in Atlanta occured to be a member of ruling family of the West African nation of Cameroon. - msnbc.com

More at DNA worldwide

wedmonds · #33 09-11-2010, 12:10 AM

I would like to know do the royalty of South Africa have to pay taxes? I think that it would be strange to make royalty pay taxes as I thought that it was the King or Queen's government, that is almost like paying taxes to one's self?? That doesn't make much sense to me. It would also make sense if the royalty held diplomatic immunity.

Kasumi · #34 09-13-2010, 12:44 PM

King Zwelithini praises 26 000 maidens for drawing tourists - The Witness

Kasumi · #35 09-19-2010, 09:33 PM

The Queen of the Mankessim Traditional Area in Ghana, Nana Ama Amissah III, has called for the preservation of African cultures for the benefit of future generations.
The Queen said this when she called on the King of the Kingdom of Swaziland, His Majesty , and the Queen, Her Majesty Indlovukazi, in Swaziland.
The Mankessim Queen was invited to the Kingdom by the Royal Family to witness the ‘Reed Cultural Dance’ festival of maidens from across Swaziland and to explore the possibility of organising a cultural exchange programme between the Kingdom and her traditional area. - Ghana News

Kasumi · #36 10-16-2010, 02:14 AM

Kumawuhemaa plans to delay the Kumawuman Chieftancy much further - GhanaWeb
Kumawu area map

Kasumi · #37 10-16-2010, 02:50 AM

The horn relied on to magically bring rain on Limpopo is at the center of the row between two feuding royal families - the Mojiadjis and the Mokotos - since 2008. - The Sowetan

Kasumi · #38 10-16-2010, 03:18 AM

The prevalence of disputes over traditional leadership is a life-threatening challenge - more so to the women chiefs at KwaZulu Natal - Sowetan

Kasumi · #39 11-07-2010, 04:41 PM

A new soccer tournament has been established in honour of late Prince Oupa Moilwa who was son-in-law of the King Goodwill Zwelethini - Sowetan

Kasumi · #40 01-04-2011, 02:26 AM

24 years old commoner Zola Mafu is to become the King of Zulu Zwelithini's sixth wife.
They have a daughter already. - Times of Swaziland
Times Live article claimes that it's a boy

The Zulu King has reportedly paid lobola to the Mafu family, at a cost to the South African taxpayer of E264 000. The ceremony was reportedly delayed by disagreements between Zola’s parents, over who should receive the lobola. The situation was so serious that the Swazi royal household was said to have intervened and helped calm the feud, according to Ilanga.Princess Mantfombi, sister to King Mswati III, is Zwelithini’s first wife.

The money spent on Mafu’s lobola was revealed last year during a budget speech by the KwaZulu-Natal Finance and Economic Development MEC, Zweli Mkhize.
During his speech, Mkhize announced that King Zwelithini’s annual budget for 2009 had been increased by E3 million to E42.4 million.
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