King Zwelithini did not praise apartheid

THE storm had barely passed over King Goodwill Zwelithini's alleged xenophobic rant when Mzansi's best-paid monarch dropped another bomb!

This time even his diehard supporters might find it hard to swallow.

That's because the Zulu king apparently praised the evil apartheid government.

The king, who was only recently exonerated by the SA Human Rights Commission over claims that he had sparked xenophobic attacks, this time reportedly praised apartheid's National Party saying it had "built a mighty army" and that the economy was stronger under its reign. But on Monday the Royal Household said the king was speaking as someone who had lived through apartheid and knew the good and the bad of the system.

The king was speaking at KwaKhethomthandayo royal palace in Nongoma on Saturday night during the celebration of his 44 years as king of the Zulu nation.

Local media reported that Zwelithini praised the National Party, saying it had built a powerful government with the strongest economy and army on the continent, "but then came this so-called democracy in which black people started destroying the gains of the past".

Zwelithini also reportedly said the Afrikaners respected him very much.
But royal household spokesman Prince Thulani Zulu insisted that the king was quoted out of context. He said the king was merely reflecting and speaking about his own experiences.