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Court proceedings inside the VhaVenda Royal court case
The High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, has heard that Princess Masindi Mphephu would not have been automatically eligible to ascend the throne even if she was a male person.
Princess Mphephu is battling it out in court with her uncle and former VhaVenda King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana for the throne.
A customary law expert, Zamokuhle Mupayi, has testified that it’s the responsibility of the royal family to appoint a king.
“If she were male, if that male were not born of a Dzekiso wife in an instance they should have been a Dzekiso wife then like any other make in the male child of the king, she could still not be eligible to ascend to the throne.” says Mupayi.
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