Who Was Queen Mantfombi, Leader Of The Largest Ethnic Group? -

Queen Mantfombi was the leader of the Zulus

King Goodwill Zwelithini passed on in April 2021, and his wife of 65 years old Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu was made the interim head of South Africa’s biggest ethnic group, Zulu.

As indicated by grapevine, Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi died of food poisoning, but the illustrious family has dismissed that bits of hearsay getting out and about.

After her passing, there has been power battle with respect to who will succeed her from the family. Notwithstanding, the family has announced that, according to customs, the name of who will be the successor will be announced after her burial.

Near 11 million people are expected to attend the burial service of the late Queen, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a state memorial service for Queen Mantfombi.

In the interim, Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi will be buried at a private function in KwaKhangelamankengane Royal Palace which is about 480km (300 miles) from Johannesburg.

Prior to King Zwelithini’s death, he named Queen Mantfombi as the regent. Lord Zwelithini, died from diabetes-related challenges at age of 72 on 12 March.

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He was the longest-reigning Zulu ruler, who had six spouses and in excess of 25 children. Yet, King Zwelithini picked Queen Mantfombi as his replacement because of her regal status.

Strangely, the issue is forthcoming in court regarding whether the succeasor’s name (Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi) was legitimate or not. Some Royal members actually suspect something.

However compelling as the Zulu government seems to be, they have a yearly taxpayer-funded budget of more than $4.9m (£3.5m), obviously shows how wealthy they are.

Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi was the sister of Eswatini King Mswati III – Africa’s only absolute monarch and the third of wife of King Zwelithini. She had eight children – including five sons with the late king. The oldest son, Prince Misuzulu who is 47-year-old, is probably going to be the next King, according to reports.

Queen Mantfombi was married to the King since 1977, until the two of them passed on.