It is indisputable that King Misuzulu (49) is the first son of Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, daughter of AmaSwati King Sobhuza II, and her dowry was paid by the subjects.
When a plot to assassinate him was uncovered in 1969, the young heir to the AmaZulu throne, Goodwill Zwelithini, was whisked to Matjhirini in the erstwhile KwaNdebele homeland in Mpumalanga.
It was only in 1971 that it was deemed safe for him to return home and take over as king.
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