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Zulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini enters the kraal in Kwakhangelamankengane, Nongoma, on 20 August 2022. (Photo: Gallo Images / City Press / Tebogo Letsie)
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi at the official opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature at Oval Cricket Stadium in Pietermaritzburg on 23 February 2023. (Photo: Gallo Images / Darren Stewart)