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By Bongani Hans 
1h ago
Johannesburg – Prince AbaThembu Azenathi insists that he is the legitimate son of King AbaThembu Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo and says he is ready to take a DNA test to prove this.
He also lashed out at Dalindyebo for persistently hanging the royal family’s dirty laundry to the public after his claim that he is an illegitimate son.
Azenathi is currently acting as the king after Dalindyebo’s imprisonment and his subsequent release.
The prince’s spokesman, Thandisizwe Mtirara, said the acting king was surprised to see a statement in which his father rejected him, saying he was an illegitimate child, although there was medical evidence to back up the claim that it was actually his son.
In the latest development, Dalindyebo claimed that he had received a notice confirming his suspicions that Azenathi was sired by another man.
Dalindyebo said he wanted Azenathi to be in the royal family, as he wanted to officially close the Bumbane Grand Plaza Palace that Azenathi currently occupies.
Dalindyebo lives at the Enkululekweni Palace in Mthatha as his conditions of probation do not allow him to return to Bumbane.
However, Azenathi has held firm, with Mtirara saying that the king’s claim was “absurd” as the matter should have been discussed within the royal family first rather than spread to the whole world.
“This is devoid of truth since there has been no DNA testing. Your son is ready to take a DNA test, “said Mtirara.
He argued that some members of the royal family recognized Azenathi as Dalindyebo’s true son because his “laugh, smile and walk resemble his father’s and no one else’s.”
“He (Dalindyebo) is lying. This is his son, “said Mtirara.
Mtirara added that Azenathi would continue to act as King AbaThembu and not even “his father” would eliminate him.
“He is in charge of the nation. What is said will not get you out of position. Only the royal family can decide whether or not he (should) resign his father’s position to take office, but this would not be decided by his father since the kingdom does not belong to Zwelibanzi (Dalindyebo). It belongs to the AbaThembu nation, ”said Mtirara.
He noted that Azenathi understood the statement as the continuation of his father’s hatred for him.
Meanwhile, the king also accused his separated wife of giving birth to Azenathi after being impregnated by another man.
“This was suspected for a long time until evidence was obtained. His majesty gave Azenathi the option of a DNA test if he has the right to be his son, “the statement said.
Dalindyebo, who was paroled in December last year after serving part of his 12-year prison sentence for kidnapping, assault and arson, was arrested and released after stoning Obumbani and assaulting his son.
Correctional Services spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo said the department was still investigating the possibility of reversing Dalindyebo’s probation. “Since he was released as a warning, the case (for attacking his son) has continued. He will return to court in June, ”said Nxumalo.
Dalindyebo spokesman Babalo Papu said two months ago, a man, whom he declined to name, approached Dalindyebo about Azenathi’s true biological father.
“The DNA test has not yet been done, but someone told us about Azenathi’s father’s family.” The man said that Azenathi’s father, who had since died, told the king: “His majesty, the boy that it does not belong to him bothers him, “said Papu.
He alleged that when Dalindyebo summoned all of her children for DNA testing, Azenathi and her mother allegedly refused. “When they tell Azenathi that he is not the legitimate son, he does not respond, and when his father asks him to do DNA, he does not respond,” said Papu.
Dr. Nokuzola Mndende Icamagu Institute said: “At this point we say that AmaDlomo (another name for AbaThembu) within the inner circle should debate it.” Unisa political analyst Professor Somadoda Fikeni said that the internal strife between the king and his son was not “immensely” damaging to the reputation of the royal family and the AbaThembu people, but was also being detrimental to the entire traditional African leadership system.
“(The system) is undergoing a certain degeneration due to the lack of self-correcting mechanisms against succession and the misbehavior of some of its members, as well as the impossibility of solving the death of the initiates during circumcisions, etc.” he pointed.
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