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Courts asked to stop the hijack of queenship

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…
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South Africa’s rain queen-elect fights for her throne

South Africa’s rain queen-elect fights for her throne

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE battle for the throne of South Africa’s only Queenship is headed for the courts. This follows a royal coup, staged by some to oust Queen-elect, Masalanabo Modjadji VII (16), who was expected to assume the throne once she comes of age. Things took a turn for the worst on May 07 when a faction of the Modjadji Royal Council announced Prince Lekukela, the Queen-elect’s brother, as the new king of the Balobedu Royal Nation. Mathews Phosa, a lawyer for the Queen-elect described those who announced Prince Lekukela as the king as “dissidents calling themself the Modjadji…
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