Celebrating Misuzulu kaZwelithini South Africa’s new Zulu king

After performing the ceremony of entering the kraal, Misuzulu was publicly announced as king by Zulu royal family elders.

Thousands of people gathered at the Zulu Royal Palace in South Africa for the coronation of a new king in the country’s richest and most influential traditional monarchy.

Misuzulu Zulu, 47, will succeed his father, Goodwill Zwelithini, who died in March last year after 50 years in charge but a bitter succession dispute threatened to overshadow the ceremony.

Although the title of king does not confer executive power, the monarchs exercise great moral influence over more than 11 million Zulus, who make up almost a fifth of South Africa’s population.
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