President Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward Zuma, has told News24 columnist Max du Preez where to get off after he wrote a scathing column on Tuesday criticising King Goodwill Zwelithini.
Zuma went as far as calling him a “bitter old man” whom the country can’t afford to have around.
Zuma said Du Preez’s sentiments on King Goodwill Zwelithini were “disrespectful not only to him [as the king] but to the Zulu nation as well”.
He called on Du Preez to apologise to the Zulu king.
“He is disrespecting the Zulu king and our culture,” charged Zuma.
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On Tuesday, News24 published a column written by Du Preez, titled ‘Zwelithini should face the consequences’, in which he lambasted King Good Zwelithini and said that “it was high time the king was put in his place.”
“South Africans should not simply sweep Zwelithini’s reckless statements on foreign nationals, the most obvious trigger of the latest wave of xenophobic attacks, under the carpet. Any influential public figure guilty of such provocative, irresponsible utterances should be forced to face the consequences of his actions,” Du Preez said in his column.
Du Preez said Zwelithini was treated very differently from other kings.
“It is high time the king of the Zulu is put in his place. He is not above the law or the Constitution. He behaves as if he is the South African equivalent of Swaziland’s Mswati III,” he wrote.- South Africa Latest
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