👤 King
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
Reign or period: 1968/1971–2021
In brief
Installed 1971 after a regency; reigned fifty years.
- Parent (documented line)
- Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon
- Successors in this line
- Misuzulu kaZwelithini
Events
- Coronation of King Goodwill Zwelithini · December 1971
Places and eras
Catalogued sources
- Address to the Amakhosi conference · 1992 · National Archives of South Africa
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