Courts asked to stop the hijack of queenship
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DR Mathole Motshekga, one of South Africa’s leading lawmakers and a cultural expert, has asked the courts to stop an attempt to hijack the country’s only queenship - the Modjadji Royal throne - and asked for those behind the plot to be dealt with decisively. In court papers, Dr Motshekga, who is also a legal advisor to the Balobedu royal family, accused those behind attempts to remove Queen-elect Masalanabo Modjadji VII (16) as a violation of SA’s laws and centuries-old traditions. Queen-elect Masalanabo is expected to assume the throne when she turns 18 and her uncle Prince…