Opinion:By being the sole queen present at the King Misuzulu ceremony, Queen Nomafu proved loyalty

The fact that Queen Nomafu was the sole queen present at the Monarch Misuzulu ceremony demonstrated her sincerity and devotion to the late king.

Something very important came out of the union between the late King Zwelithini and Queen Mantfombi Dlamini, the mother of King Misizulu, the Zulu king.

The Queen went to eSwatini to find the late King’s wife and told him that he needed to take the youngest woman available.

It is obvious that the two women were aware that other wives disliked Queen Mantfombi Dlamini and Her Children and that, in the event of their deaths, their children would face hardship, be subjected to harsh treatment, or be left alone..

 

 

 

 

 

This simply means that the other wives of the late King were never loyal to him and never supported his marriage to the late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini. This was revealed yesterday because none of the other wives of the late King’s wives showed up for the ceremony yesterday; only Queen Zola Zelusiwe Mafu did.

If you read Queen Zola Zelusiwe Mafu’s memoir, you’ll agree with me that the late King and Queen Mantfombi Dlamini were aware of everything that was happening yesterday and had made preparations for it.

Prior to her marriage to the late King Zwelithini, Queen Zola Zelusiwe Mafu wathwalwa, or whisked away from a farm by the late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini, lived with the late Queen for ten years in Kwakhangela Palace.

In other words, Queen Zola Zelusiwe Mafu was trained to take care of the heir, his three brothers, and sister, and yesterday she fulfilled that role. She was also the only mother of the King, his brothers, and sister who attended yesterday’s ceremony.

While Queen Zola Zelusiwe Mafu demonstrated what loyalty is—that you don’t just show loyalty when the people you claim to love are still alive, but you also show loyalty in death—Queen Mantfombi Dlamini demonstrates that she was a very strong wife, very intelligent, and very useful to the King and the Zulu Nation.

Again, the event from yesterday highlighted all sides of polygamy. My biggest conviction—that people consent to polygamy for monetary gain and social status—is confirmed by this.

People do not consent to enter into polygamous marriages out of true love, but rather for entirely the wrong motives, particularly in our nation.

Once further proving their loyalty to our late King and the Zulu people, the Swazi women outwitted our local women in this instance.

The late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini and the late Queen Zola Zelusiwe Mafu saw to it that they carried out their duties and produced a King for our late King and the Zulu people.

They were assigned with completing this objective, which they did admirably. The late King Zwelithini and the late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini did, in fact, love the Zulu nation and were devoted to the kingdom.