AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuZulu has passed on at the age of 72 after a protracted illness. Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the former leader of the IFP and the king’s traditional Prime Minister made the announcement on Friday.
“It is with the utmost grief that I inform the nation of the passing of His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, King of the Zulu Nation,” Buthelezi said.
The health of the King who had been in hospital receiving medical care for high glucose levels’s took a turn for the worse until his passing in the early hours of Friday.
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As the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of KwaZulu-Natal, he is head of the Ubukhosi, the state-recognized institution of Traditional Leadership that consists of native chiefs.