In the midst of this, we have a video showing Zulu guys using AK-47s that has left many people in a state of bewilderment. There is a need for people to start ensuring that they stick to their words, because they can’t just sing a song they don’t intend to. South Africans appear to be eager for Jacob Zuma to return to the presidency at this time.
He’s demonstrated that he’s capable of fighting for the country, therefore it appears that he’s being sought after again. They’ve stopped singing about Nhlanhla Lux, because they’ve started singing about Zuma. We’re at a loss as to which one to go with, and this is making things much more difficult.
Mgijili Nhleko, a Zulu induna and leader of the Zulu troops, walks alongside Jacob Zuma outside the former president’s residence in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, today.
The “unsanctioned” and “clear act of defiance” by traditional Zulu warrior regiments (amabutho) in Nkandla on Saturday aimed to prevent police from arresting former president Jacob Zuma.
According to Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the traditional prime minister of the Zulu monarchy and nation.
For the past few months, uMkhonto weSizwe Veterans Association members have formed an impromptu guard to protect Zuma from the Constitutional Court as it deliberated on its decision on Zuma’s refusal to appear before the state capture commission. On Saturday, a large number of amabutho arrived and bolstered that guard.
Zuma was given five days to surrender to authorities to begin a 15-month prison sentence for his defiance of the court order, which was accompanied by an assault on the integrity of the court and its judges.
The ConCourt agreed to hear Zuma’s appeal on July 12 after he petitioned the court for an overturn of its judgment.
It was immediately assumed that Zulu ruler Misuzulu kaZwelithini had given his support to Zuma when the amabutho arrived.
However, the Zulu leadership blamed Zulu commander Zihogo Maguzumbela Nhleko for the regiments’ “unsanctioned” conduct in a statement released on Saturday and written by Buthelezi.
Buthelezi claimed that this was Nhleko’s second act of rebellion against the Zulu king.
Aside from leading the warriors in traditional garb, Nhleko had also performed the Zulu salute, Bayede, while King Mswati III was not present. These actions implicated the royal family, according to the prince.
Armed amabutho warriors stormed former president Jacob Zuma’s residence in Nkandla on Saturday, their cries for help reverberating through the valleys.
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, Queen Mayvis maZungu, and the Zulu royal family, claimed Buthelezi, “want to dissociate themselves from the conduct of Mr Zihogo Maguzumbela Nhleko, known to many as Mgilija.