King Misuzulu kaZwelithini was officially became Zulu monarch on Saturday as the 9th Zulu monarch since Shaka Zulu’s demise.
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King Misuzulu had to kill a lion and face a black bull head-on in a kraal two days before being crowned the ruler of the Zulu nation in South Africa.
His traditional coronation was held this past Saturday in KwaZulu Natal.
After a year-long family feud, Misuzulu ka Zwelithini was crowned Zulu king in a traditional ceremony in South Africa. The 48-year-old is the son of the previous king, but some royals had argued he was not the rightful heir and that the late king’s will was in fact forged.
Thousands of people gathered at Saturday’s traditional coronation at KwaKhangelamankengane Palace, where the king entered the sacred cattle kraal to invoke his ancestors before being announced to both the living and the dead as the new Zulu.
He was expected to wear the hide of the lion that he hunted for the royal event, a key feat in proving he is indeed the chosen one. More than 10 cows were slaughtered in preparation for the festivities.
Misuzulu Zulu, 47, is set to succeed his father, Goodwill Zwelithini, who died in March last year after 50 years in charge but a bitter succession dispute threatens to overshadow the ceremony.
