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AbaThembu royal battle escalates as king picks heir

A senior AbaThembu traditional leader has claimed that the reason king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo was being dethroned by his son, acting king Azenathi, was because he had picked his other son, Prince Sinethemba, as his heir.

In an exclusive interview, Dalindyebo’s aide Nkosi Mfundo Mtirara told City Press that on June 12 the king informed senior AbaThembu traditional

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