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‘Free at last’: When South Africa voted in democracy, kicked out apartheid

Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reflects on April 27, 1994 and the lessons from the transition from apartheid to democracy.

Al Jazeera · Apr 27, 2024

Zulu Nation Faces Uncertainty After 'Unlawful' King Ruling

South Africa's president and Zulu monarch have been stunned by a court ruling that the state's recognition of King Misuzulu Zulu was "unlawful" in a move that risks reopening old succession wounds.

International Business Times · Dec 13, 2023

Legal challenge to dethrone South Africa's Zulu king heads to court

The battle for the throne of South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation has reached the courts as a faction of the royal family seeks to dethrone the king after less than a year

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

Who should be king of the Zulus?

Misuzulu Sinqobile Zulu carries himself like a king but his claim to the throne is hotly contested, not least by members of his own family, writes John Eligon

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

What the Zulu kingship judgment tells us about the future of South African customary law

Following the death of AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini on 12 March 2021 in South Africa, the royal family convened on 24 March 2021 and appointed Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu as regent. Although the king’s third wife, she was his great wife – a royal consort who, by Zulu law, births…

The Conversation · Mar 9, 2022

South Africa judge gives green light for crowning of next Zulu King

One of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini’s children will finally be allowed to ascend the Zulu throne after a judge in South Africa cleared the way on Wednesday for Prince Misuzulu Zulu.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2022