The Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu monarch and nation, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has allayed rumours that King Goodwill Zwelithini has passed away in hospital.
Buthelezi issued a statement yesterday (Thursday).
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‘Since the announcement of His Majesty the King’s visit to hospital on Sunday, I and those close to the King have been inundated with calls, seeking an update.
‘This is understandable considering the respect that so many have for the king.
‘However, false rumours have begun circulating that His Majesty’s health is being kept a secret and even, most cruelly, that His Majesty is no more.
‘I wish to allay the concerns of the nation regarding these fables. His Majesty entered hospital to attend to high glucose levels. He was not, and is still not, frail in any way.
‘Even on Thursday morning he was fully mobile and is continuing treatment for unstable glucose.
‘His doctors preferred that he be treated in the Intensive Care Unit in order to attend to him thoroughly.
‘One wonders what kind of people would start such cruel and false rumours that His Majesty has passed, when he is most certainly alive.
‘It has inflicted tremendous pain on the royal family and on all those who wish the King of the Zulu nation well.
‘Unfortunately, such grossly irresponsible behaviour has been seen before.
‘Even I, myself, have been declared dead while I am still alive,’ Buthelezi said.
King Goodwill Zwelethini was on Sunday admitted to a Zululand hospital for monitoring of his diabetic condition.
Earlier in the week, Buthelezi said the king’s unstable glucose has been treated with particular caution owing to the risk that diabetes poses under the present conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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