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ICYMI: Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Isaac Madondo has dismissed an application by the first wife and widow of AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu to amend her founding affidavit. ZuluKingdom

Queen Sibongile Dlamini-Zulu and her two daughters, Princesses Ntandoyenkosi Zulu and Ntombizosuthu Zulu-Duma, are challenging the validity of his will.

Handing down his judgment for the amendment of her affidavit, Madondo said that the applicant had not indicated that she might amend the document. Dlamini-Zulu is asking the court to assert her right to 50% of the late AmaZulu King’s estate based on her civil marriage to him.The Queen also wants the court to rule on the validity of the king’s five customary marriages.

The civil matter was brought before the court by the first wife of the late AmaZulu King. The Queen married the King in community of property in 1969 under civil law.

 

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