Modernity catches up with the Zulu monarchy

TALK of “modernity”, generally, is frowned upon by those who view Western systems of governance as unsuitable and undesirable in African settings where traditional leadership is still revered.

But the tumultuous state of affairs currently pervasive in the Zulu royal family following the deaths of the king and queen within weeks of one another has, perhaps inadvertently, created an opportunity to overhaul and refine those traditional ways of doing things.

From when King Goodwill Zwelithini drew his last breath, it became clear that