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Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
ISilo Samabandla Onke
Zwelithini in 2011
King of the Zulus
Reign
17 September 1968 – 12 March 2021
Coronation
3 December 1971
Predecessor
Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon
Successor
Misuzulu Zulu
Born
(1948-07-27)27 July 1948 Nongoma, Natal, Union of South Africa
Died
12 March 2021(2021-03-12) (aged 72) Durban, South Africa
Wives
Sibongile Winifred Dlamini
Buthle MaMathe
Princess Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini of Eswatini (Great Wife)
Thandekile Jane Ndlovu
Nompumelelo Mchiza
Zola Zelusiwe Mafu
Issue
29
including:
Prince Lethukuthula
Princess Sibusile
Princess Nqobangothando
King Misuzulu
Princess Ntandoyesizwe
Princess Nandi
Princess Nomkhosi
Princess Bukhosibemvelo
Prince Shlobosenkosi
Princess Nombuso
Prince Nhlendlayenkosi
Prince Nhlanganiso
Prince Nhlangano
Prince Buzabazi
Princess Cebolabo
Princess Mukelile
Prince Sihlangu
Prince Phumuzu
Princess Sinethemba
Princess Ntombizosuthu
Princess Ntandoyenkosi
Prince Butho
Prince Lungelo
Prince Mandlesizwe
Prince Bizwekhaya
Prince Masikomahle
Prince Simakade
Prince Malanga
Prince Thokozani Shabangu
Names
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
Regnal name
Umdlokombane
House
House of Zulu
Father
King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon
Mother
Queen Thomozile Jezangani kaNdwandwe
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Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (27 July 1948 – 12 March 2021)[1] was the King of the Zulu nation from 1968 to his death in 2021.
He became King on the death of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu, in 1968 aged 20 years. Prince Israel Mcwayizeni acted as the regent from 1968 to 1971 while the King took refuge in the then Transkai province of South Africa for three years to avoid assassination.[by whom?] After his 21st birthday and his first marriage, Zwelithini was installed as the eighth monarch of the Zulus at a traditional ceremony at Nongoma on 3 December 1971, attended by 20,000 people. Zwelithini died on 12 March 2021, aged 72, after reportedly being admitted to hospital for diabetes-related illness.[2][3][4] During preparations for his funeral, the king's traditional prime minister, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, announced that he had died of COVID-19.[5][6]
^"Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu: HIS MAJESTY GZ XHOSA GLOBAL FOUNDATION - K2018455084". CIPC. 2021.
^"Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies in South Africa aged 72". BBC News. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^"Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has died". News24. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^Chutel, Lynsey (12 March 2021). "Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, King of the Zulu Nation, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^Makhafola, Getrude. "King Goodwill Zwelithini died of Covid-19-related complications - Buthelezi". News24.
^"Buthelezi confirms Zulu King's death was Covid-related, laying bare conflict over funeral". www.iol.co.za.
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