A faction of the family is challenging the will in court, arguing that the king’s signature was forged.Īmong Misuzulu’s most prominent early supporters was Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the prime minister of the Zulu nation since 1954. That indicated to some that King Zwelithini had wanted one of her sons to succeed him. His father’s will called on his mother, Queen Mantfombi, to be the regent - or temporary leader - of the Zulu nation.
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Within a week, Misuzulu’s name began to surface publicly as a successor. He returned to South Africa after 10 years away at the urging of his father.īack in South Africa, he lived a largely anonymous life as a businessman, negotiating contracts for a company that makes pipes. Misuzulu said he remained in the United States for several years to volunteer at a Baptist church in Jacksonville that did a lot of charity work in Africa. He said that after spending time at schools in Evansville, Ind., and Vincennes, Ind., he eventually landed in Jacksonville, Fla., where he graduated with a degree in international trade and commerce from Jones College, a small private school that closed in 2017. His family then forced him to attend university in the United States, he said, as part of a scholarship program of the Swazi royal family that sends family members, and some ordinary Swazis, to study overseas.
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He returned to South Africa at age 11 and completed high school at an elite private institution. Born in rural KwaZulu-Natal, Misuzulu moved to Eswatini when he was 5.