Often overlooked, even in a leopard skin
King Zwelithini’s royal line will always be associated with the defeat of the British at Isandlwana
18 March 2021 - 05:00
There is a fine moment at the beginning of an Al Jazeera interview with the late King Goodwill Zwelithini, who died of Covid-related complications last week.
Host Yehia Ghanem Ali kicks off by asking the king about his time in exile on St Helena. "Your majesty, let me take you back in history to 1968, and after you inherited the throne, you took refuge to that island of St Helena, that remote Atlantic island. Would you mind revealing the reasons why?"..
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