By Celani Sikhakhane
The DA in KwaZulu-Natal has criticised the ANC for disrespecting King Misuzulu kaZwelithini.
The party said it was unacceptable that the KZN premier recently fired King Misuzulu’s praise singer and cultural adviser, iNyosi Buzetsheni Mdletshe, without consulting the King.
DA KZN leader Francois Rodgers said the firing came after ANC KZN chairperson Siboniso Duma had an embarrassing public spat with the King’s traditional prime minister, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi of the IFP, when he grabbed the microphone from him at an event to commemorate the death of King Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo.
“The DA has consistently warned against using the King and the Royal Household to settle political scores. We have also repeatedly stated that the legislature is a subject of the King and not the other way round,” said Rodgers.
He said the DA has called on the KZN legislature to engage with His Majesty on the creation of a self-sustainable commercial agricultural industry, using the land he owns.
“In this way, the King and the Royal Household become their own decision-makers instead of political parties in power making pronouncements for them,” Rodgers said.
“The move would also see the impact of His Majesty and the Royal Household’s financial needs on the legislature minimised. This is the best and only way forward.”
In January, Scrolla.Africa learned that Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube phoned King Misuzulu to ask why he had appointed Buthelezi as his traditional prime minister.
The following week, Duma publicly rejected the King’s appointment of Buthelezi.
Pictured above: DA KZN leader Francois Rodgers.
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