The Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has died. King Zwelithini succumbed to diabetes at the age of 72, the palace announced the passing of the King in a statement signed by Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
For Zimbabwean’s and other Africans the Zulu King was known for influencing the Xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals which as least 5 people dead in Durban South Africa.
The body of Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini will lie in state at the royal palace in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal, for a few days while the nation mourns his passing.
The King later on denied accusations of inciting xenophobia and called the attacks vile.
