[ad_1]
For Se-Anne Rall 
4h ago
DURBAN – FOR MANY, hearing that King Goodwill Zwelithini will be “planted” on Wednesday night was a phrase never heard before.
According to the high-level leader of the IFP, Blessed Gwala, in KwaZulu-Natal, there is a belief that the King is different from everyone else. He explained some of the terms of reference that are used in the run-up to what is called “the sowing” and the memorial service.
Speaking to SABC, Gwala said the king is different.
“It is like an angel who has been sent to earth to rule for a certain period of time and then he will also go and allow the other to enter. You cannot say that the king is dead because he cannot die, an angel cannot die. He is a leader sent by God who has come down to do a particular task and rule the people for a certain period, then he has to leave and allow the other to take over, “he explained.
Gwala said that the usual belief of the Zulus is that the spirit of the current king is expected to be transferred to the next king.
“So to speak He leaned (inclined) is he leans right when you kneel and then that’s what it means because it will never die and to say you are planting the lord which means iNkosi plants is because it will germinate in the next few days or months. The one that will actually be formally elected by the royal family will be the same one that was actually planted in the past, that’s how it works, “Gwala said.
King Zwelithini passed away on Friday of last week due to complications from Covid-19.
It must be planted at midnight in a private ceremony, attended by only men, according to their wishes.
The king’s body arrived at the KwaKhethomthandayo royal palace in Nongoma this afternoon.
In a solemn procession from a morgue in the central business district of Nongoma city to the palace, his body was escorted by Zulu regiments dressed in traditional Zulu garb.
The king was 72 years old and a memorial service will be held on Thursday.
MESS
[ad_2]
