Staff Reporter.
The AmaZulu Traditional Minister, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi is set to address the media.
This comes after Prince MisuZulu KaZwelithini was named as the new King of the Zulu nation on Friday evening.
The occasion turned into chaos, with heckling and commotion between Buthelezi and Prince Thokozani Zulu.
Prince Thokozani, late King Goodwill Zwelithini’s son with another queen, was trying to address the gathering.
It was then reported that gunshots were heard amid the commotion and that King MisuZulu and his siblings were whisked away to safety.
Queen Sibongile Dlamini is challenging the king’s will in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on the basis that they were married under civil law, which prohibits polygamous marriages.
Buthelezi has insisted that the new King of the Zulu nation has already been named amid divisions within the royal family over how the succession battle should be handled.
“As far as the family and the Zulu nation is concern, the king is already on the throne, but of course you know that there are formalities that should be followed from the side of the government,” Buthelezi said.
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