Mawewe community demand the removal of Chief Khulile
Nkuna pleaded with the Mpumalanga government to do the right thing for the community by withdrawing Chief Khulile’s certificate and recognising Prince Candy as the rightful heir and leader of the community.
MBOMBELA – Not the rain nor the cold would hinder the community of Mawewe Tribal Authority from delivering their memorandum, demanding the removal of Chief Khulile Mkhatshwa.
Dressed in their full Swazi regalia, singing “Wabulala uVan Damme” and other protest songs, they danced their way from Macro to the Mpumalanga legislature today.
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The marchers, including clergy men visible dressed in their clothes, young and old, men and women, carried placards that read “Khulile phansi “.
Delivering a brief history of the tribal house, Mr Amos Mndawe Nkuna made it clear that the rightful heir is none other than Khulile’s brother, Mr Candy Zwide Mkhatshwa who was appointed by the late chief Mandida Mkhatshwa before his death in 1989.
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“Members of the royal house, beNguni had agreed that government should remove Khulile and appoint Candy,” he said.
He also revealed that the former MEC of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) who is newly appointed premier Ms Refilwe Mtsweni paid a visit to the tribal house in May 26 last year, where she instructed the royal house to withdraw a court case about the chieftaincy for the province to intervene in the matter.
“Where is the truth there, because you still haven’t given Candy the chieftaincy,” he asked.
The community demands to have responses in four days.
The memorandum was handed to MEC Sasekani Manzini who promised to hand it to the newly
appointed Cogta’s MEC Speedy Mashilo and respond within the four days.
