{"id":6226,"date":"2021-03-12T21:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=6226"},"modified":"2021-03-12T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:24:18","slug":"dlamini-zuma-hails-king-zwelithinis-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dlamini-zuma-hails-king-zwelithinis-activism","title":{"rendered":"Dlamini Zuma hails King Zwelithini\u2019s activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town &#8211; Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has described King Goodwill Zwelithini as an activist on many fronts, including in the fight against HIV\/Aids. The king died in hospital on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>She said she has known the king for many years since she was at high school and university. Dlamini Zuma said she has met the king on many occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very sad and shocked at the passing away of Isilo, King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu. King Zwelithini is the king I worked with as part of my responsibility in government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said over the years, when she interacted with the king, one of the issues he was involved in was in the fight against HIV\/Aids.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, she had met with King Zwelithini to discuss the district development model that government was implementing to upgrade local government.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini Zuma said amakhosi were part of this model of local government. She said the king was also passionate about agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis passing will be a loss because he\u2019s been a prominent person in the traditional affairs of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier the chairperson of the National Assembly committee on agriculture, rural development and land reform, Mandla Mandela, also paid tribute to King Zwelithini.<\/p>\n<p>Mandela, the chief of Mvezo and son of former president Nelson Mandela, said: \u201cWe are deeply saddened and pained at the untimely passing of His Majesty, when the whole country and the world are under strain due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lost not just a leader, but the monarch of the Zulu kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[email protected]<\/p>\n<p><b>Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Cape Town &#8211; Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has described King Goodwill Zwelithini as an activist on many fronts, including in the fight against HIV\/Aids. The king died in hospital on Friday morning. 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