Dispute over rightful heir to kingship of amaMpondo aseQaukeni in top court again
The Constitutional Court will once again deal with the continuing dispute about who is the rightful heir to the kingship of amaMpondo aseQaukeni‚ a community residing in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. In 2013‚ the court set aside notices made by the then President Jacob Zuma in the government gazette‚ recognising the kingship of Zanozuko Tyelovuyo Sigcau in 2010 and dismissing that of the incumbent, Mpondombini Sigcau. The court’s decision was expected to settle the question of kingship‚ which has dogged the amaMpondo aseQaukeni nation since 1937‚ when King Mandlonke died without issue. However‚ Mpondombini Sigcau died three months before the court judgment. His family adopted the position that the Constitutional Court had vindicated Mpondombini Sigcau’s claim to the kingship. The family then nominated his daughter‚ Wezizwe Feziwe Sigcau‚ as the queen. However‚ the minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs and the president approached the High Court in Pretoria‚ s...
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