”The king is on the throne”: Amazulu Royal Family unites behind new king
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DESPITE differences and legal battles leading to his ascension to the throne, the Amazulu Royal Family has united behind their new monarch King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini. According to Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the traditional prime minister of the Amazulu monarch, Prince Mbonisi and Princess Thembi, the late King Zwelithin’s siblings who had expressed unhappiness with the way the succession had been handled, had pledged loyalty and support to the new King. Buthelezi said as far as the royal family and the Amazulu nation was concerned, “the King is on the throne.” He said the new King’s name will…