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Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini arrives ahead of the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as South African president at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on June 19, 2024. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / POOL / AFP)

Zulu king’s divorce sparks debate over tradition, modernity and royal life

Misizulu kaZwelithini’s divorce comes amid tensions in the royal family from those who dispute his ascension to the throne

King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Court rules in Zulu king’s favour in Ingonyama Trust Board challenge by estranged uncle

Judge found that the applicants should have approached the Gauteng high court for the interdict they sought

King Misuzulu Zulu praying during his coronation at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on October 29, 2022, during the handover of the official certificate of recognition. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Court bid to curb King MisuZulu’s powers

His uncle, Prince Mbonisi ka Bhekuzulu, has argued in court that Ingonyama Trust funds must be protected pending litigation challenging the king’s accession in the Pretoria high…

Misuzulu warns KZN government of treating Zulu nation ‘with disdain’ as praise singer contract is terminated

Inyosi Buzetsheni Mdletshe, who was also the Imbongi of the late Goodwill Zwelithini, has been a royal family praise singer since 1977

Buthelezi lashes out after reports of fallout with king

He was briefing the media on Saturday following numerous reports that he had a fallout with Misuzulu kaZwelithini

Shuttered: Shakaskraal, in KZN, was prosperous before the cane mill closed and the sugar industry declined, exacerbated recently by the troubles at Tongaat Hulett and Gledhow. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Sugar industry slump a bitter pill for North Coast towns

Shakaskraal is a microcosm of what lies ahead for many towns KwaZulu-Natal if its ailing sugar mills collapse

Ukhahlamba Zulu Dancers rehearse at the Madala Hostel in Alexandra.  Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Halala the Zulu cultural revival

Hostels are finding ways to transmute blighted history into safe places for cultural expression to take root, Oupa Nkosi discovers

The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and it is our duty to continue this struggle. (Oupa Nkosi)

The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion

Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live…