A court sets aside the South African president’s recognition of the Zulu king

JOHANNESBURG — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country’s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy battle for the throne. Ramaphosa has now been ordered to launch an investigation into objections by some members of the Zulu royal house … Read more

Legal challenge to dethrone South Africa’s Zulu king heads to court

JOHANNESBURG — The battle for the throne of South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation has reached the courts as a faction of the royal family seeks to dethrone the king after less than a year. The North Gauteng High Court in the capital Pretoria is hearing legal arguments this week in the royal succession battle between … Read more