King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu is in good spirits and well.

IFP MP Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi — who is also an inkhosi of the Buthelezi clan and traditional prime minister to the Zulu monarch and nation had to release a statement to calm the nation and the Zulu nations following reports that the Zulu King had succumbed to illness at a hospital in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Buthelezi said that hat Zwelithini had “several unstable glucose readings” over the past few weeks, raising the concern of health professionals. He required treatment in a Zululand hospital for this.

“The king’s doctors have felt it necessary to place him in ICU to deal with this thoroughly,” added Buthelezi.

Buthelezi also added that this was being “treated with particular caution” because diabetes was a known comorbidity associated with Covid-19.

Incumbent and family. The present head of the Zulu royal family is King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, the current monarch of the Zulu nation of South Africa. He was born on 14 July 1948, in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal. He became king on the death of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon in 1968