Ramaphosa used colonial laws to recognise Zulu king

27 March 2022 - 00:00
By SIPHO SITHOLE

Who would have thought that this mighty Zulu nation, imagined and forged by Shaka ka Senzangakhona in just over 12 years of his rule from 1816 to 1828 and which lasted for only 55 years before being destroyed to near extinction, would today still be subjected to a Shepstonian and Wolseleyan policy that sought to weaken chiefly authority by putting it under the control of government?

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