South Africa abolishes 6 traditional monarchies
South Africa’s president says six of the country’s traditional monarchies are being abolished.
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South Africa axes six traditional kings
PRETORIA: President Jacob Zuma announced today that South Africa would recognise only half of the nation’s traditional kings and queens, in a bid to “correct the wrongs of the past”. The announcement came after a six-year government study into the traditional monarchies, some created by the white-minority apartheid regime as a “divide and conquer” strategy to weaken black leaders. Seven of the …
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South Africa axes six traditional kings
President Jacob Zuma announced Thursday that South Africa would stop recognising half the nation’s traditional kings and queens, dismissing them as artificial creations of the apartheid regime.
