Court dismisses bid to block King Misuzulu’s marriage

The application for an interdict to stop AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini from marrying another wife in a customary ceremony has been struck off the roll in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Judge Bongani Mngadi ruled that the application by Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela Zulu lacked urgency. He based his ruling on a letter Queen KaMayisela wrote to members of the royal family in which she sought their intervention.

In the letter, she said that she is not opposed to the Zulu monarch taking more than one wife, so long as they resolve the legal hurdle of them being married in a civil union.

Judge Mngadi has made a cost order against Queen Ntokozo.

‘King could go ahead’

Meanwhile, legal expert Mpumelelo Zikalala says in terms of today’s court ruling, amaZulu King could go ahead with a customary marriage to Nomzamo Myeni, if he so wishes.

“But clearly the fact that the applicant confirms that she gave consent to the respondent to marry other wives, by giving that consent, in it it’s inherent that the respondent could take steps towards marrying other women. So when the respondent now takes those steps to marry other women, that is simply in accordance with the consent given by the applicant.”