Long live King Zwelithini: iLIVE

26 January 2012 - 16:14 By Dr Mathole Lethebe
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Zulu Monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini observes one of the Zulu nation’s sacred rituals, Umkhosi WoSelwa.
Zulu Monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini observes one of the Zulu nation’s sacred rituals, Umkhosi WoSelwa.
Image: Reinhardt Hartzenberg

The Zulu monarchy is the most respected royal house in Africa and throughout its history it has always fought against the colonisation of the physical African land and minds equally.

The royal family has paid dearly for its unshakable dedication to the African agenda. King Dinizulu was jailed in St Helena island for refusing to give his land to the white foreigners. We as Africans must realise that the minute we allow people with hidden agendas to ridicule this institution that has preserved African pride, our cultural demise will be guaranteed.

We cannot and we will not under any circumstance allow foreign commoners to ridicule our king and use their foreign language to interpret what was said by our majesty. It's a matter of a guest soiling the floor of the house belonging to the host. Our king owes no commoner an explanation, he never did and he never will.

His grandfathers refused many years ago to be interrogated by westerners - they did this even when they had barrels of guns pointed against their heads.

Those who don't like what our king said can go and take a bath in the ocean: it will remind them of where they come from and how they landed on the African soil.

This issue further highlights those unafraid of our constitution. It appears as if our constitution allows freedom of speech only when it favours minorities and the rich or the popular view. And it is used by the so-called "dethroned" to hold on to whatever power that was lost in 1994.

Instead of having a formal opposition we have multiple un-African liberal society groups obsessed with upholding liberal views and forcing them down the throats of the majority Africans.

Our majesty, Wena we ndlovu, mbube, you owe no foreign commoner an explanation. These people never recognised you as their king. Their ancestors are responsible for the killing of many of our people. Don't apologise my King. You made the statements on your soil, on the soil of your forefathers - not in England.

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