It was Buthelezi who announced the death from Covid-19 of King Goodwill Zwelithini in March and he played a key role in the succession to the throne first of Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu one of Zwelithini's wives and then following her sudden death in May of her son Misuzulu ka Zwelithini (AC Vol 62 No 7 Kingdom in peril)...

The death of King Goodwill Zwelithini 72 from Covid-19 complications on 12 March without agreement on how the succession should be managed will complicate the kingdom's already stormy politics royal sources told Africa Confidential (Dispatches 15 March 2021 Judicial system faces its own trial)...

An ANC source tells AC that the second phase of Zuma's fightback strategy is to forge an alliance with the Zulu monarch Goodwill Zwelithini on the status of Zulu lands...

Former Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize now heads Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs where his priority will be securing agreement on land reform with Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini...

King Goodwill Zwelithini has warned that diluting the Trust's powers could prove politically detabilising...

Later Zuma is summoned to a meeting with the Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini (AC Vol 59 No 3 The goodbye gets longer)...

But the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini wants guarantees that there will be no tampering with the Ingonyama Trust set up in 1994 on the eve of the first non-racial elections...

Ramaphosa calls on Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini...

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini gets a R60 mn...