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Court proceedings of the VhaVenda Kingship battle.
Princess Masindi Mphephu’s lawyer Allan Dodson has told the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo that there was non-compliance when Prince Toni Mphephu Ramabulana was identified to be heir to the Vhavenda throne.
Advocate Dodson is cross-examining the former Vhavenda King.
Dodson said Prince Ramabulana was ineligible to ascend the throne because his mother was not a “Dzekiso” wife.
A “Dzekiso” wife is a woman identified by the royal family to give birth to an heir.
The Prince responded that there was compliance with the customs and culture of the royal family.
Dobson: “Everyone has agreed in this matter that your mother was not a ‘Dzekiso’ wife, not so? I concur so yourself, you’re not complying with the ‘Dzekiso’. We comply with the custom and culture of chieftaincy in the Mphephu Ramabulana. You were appointed, they simply overlooked your noncompliance.”
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