Report could clear Zulu king over 'xenophobia remarks'

23 August 2015 - 02:03
By NATHI OLIFANT

King Goodwill Zwelithini is likely to face no censure for his controversial remarks on foreign migrants that allegedly sparked a deadly wave of attacks earlier this year. The comments, made at a moral regeneration campaign in Pongola, drew widespread condemnation after it was reported that the king told his followers: "When foreigners look at them [South Africans], 'let's go and eat the inheritance of the stupid people.

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