King Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu and Queen Dlamini-Zulu [File image]AmaZulu’s longest-reigning King Goodwill Zwelithini ka BhekuzuluThe death of regent Queen Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, barely a month after the King, saw a protracted legal battle among some senior members of the royal family.King Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu’s passing to be commemorated on Saturday:
The queen then accepted this responsibility and the royal family embraced his majesty’s arrangements. Queen Dlamini-Zulu died a month later, leaving her eldest son as her preferred successor to the Zulu throne. She wanted the court to assert her the right to 50% of the late King’s estate, while Princess Ntandoyenkosi Zulu and Ntombizosuthu Zulu-Duma challenged the validity of the signature on the King’s will.