By Mark Ogagan
The first wife of the Zulu royal king, Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela Zulu, has filed an urgent court interdict seeking to stop her husband’s wedding planned for later in January.
Misuzulu kaZwelithini is due to marry his third wife, Nomzamo Myeni, in a two-day traditional ceremony starting on 24 January.
However, Queen Ntokozo said if the wedding goes ahead, the Zulu king would be committing bigamy, which is an offence committed when an already married person marries someone else.
In her court interdict, the queen confirmed that the Zulu king had already served her with divorce papers.
She said that the matter was still pending in court and in the meantime, they remained married in the eyes of the law.
The queen said that she was married to King Misuzulu kaZwelithini under civil law and in community of property.
The queen said that the king cannot enter into a civil and or customary marriage while their civil union still exists.
The queen said that the granting of this interdict would not prejudice the king as he could still take another wife once the law allowed him to.
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