By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
AmaZulu Prime Minister Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has clarified his earlier comments that King Misuzulu is ill and it appears to be serious.
Buthelezi earlier in a press briefing said, the King’s illness was due to the continuous coverage of the King’s private life on social media.
“The King is not well, you need to pray very hard for him. He is not well he needs treatment. We spoke to the Minister of Police to intervene as there are some unsettling things on social media about the King’s wife and some young people that are staying with him.
However in a statement on Wednesday, IFP MP Liezl van der Merwe clarified what Buthelezi had meant when he addressed a prayer service in Ulundi that was incorrectly interpreted that the monarch was sick or unwell.
The king spent his Easter weekend in the Kingdom of eSwatini where he was seen in a jovial mood with his fiancée, Nozizwe Mulela (Okala Makhubu).
The Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation, Prince Buthelezi attended a prayer service this morning at St Mary’s Anglican Church in Nkonjeni where he received 55 church leaders from various denominations affiliated with the KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council.
Thanking them for their prayers for him, for the nation and for his majesty the king, Prince Buthelezi spoke of the spiritual onslaught his majesty is facing.
“He described him as unwell, meant to be understood as spiritually unwell, due to the many attacks, struggles and personal turmoil his majesty has faced in recent months, which has been in the public domain.
“Regrettably this comment has been misinterpreted, as the king being physically ‘unwell’, which is not the case,” Van der Merwe’s statement read.
Misuzulu ka Zwelithini was crowned as Zulu king in a traditional ceremony in August 2022 at KwaKhangelamankengane Palace.
But the king is facing a legal battle where his brother, Prince Simakade Jackson Zulu, is challenging his recognition in the Pretoria High Court.