Ramaphosa lauds ‘visionary’ King Goodwill Zwelithini
President Cyril Ramaphosa has lauded the role played by the late Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini.
The king passed away in hospital at the age of 72 on Friday morning.
He was admitted to the intensive care unit in a private hospital last month after “several unstable glucose readings”.
“This sad news come at a time when we had all been hopeful that His Majesty was recovering well in hospital where he had been over the past few weeks,” Ramaphosa said in a statement.
“His Majesty will be remembered as a much-loved, visionary monarch who made an important contribution to cultural identity, national unity and economic development in KwaZulu-Natal and through this, to the development of our country as a whole.”
The king, whose reign spanned over five decades, is one of the longest serving monarchs in the history of the Zulu nation.
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