REVEALED: New King of Amazulu, Prince Misuzulu Zulu
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER HE wore the leopard skin, reserved for royalty, waved a specially designed shield, spear, a knobkerrie and was accompanied by amabutho - the regiments - who sang traditional songs only sang in the presence of the king. To many cultural experts this scene, which played outside a marquee in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal was the strongest signal that Prince Misuzulu Zulu, the eldest son of the King Goodwill Zwelithini and Queen Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, is the next leader of South Africa’s 12 million Amazulu. There were colourful scenes as Prince Zulu and the amabutho, joined by maidens marched into the…