“Those who say wives have no say in their homes and marriages, why did you take them to build a family with?”
Speaking at the KwaZulu-Natal opening of the legislature on Tuesday, the king said those who abducted young girls and forced them into marriage, to silence them after they have sexually abused them, were not practising the tradition of“Ukuthwalwa kwezingane to hide the abuse, that is not Zulu or Nguni tradition,” the King said.
As a custodian of Zulu culture in SA, the king said such practices constituted abuse and should be condemned. He also spoke against “false prophets” who use false myth and superstition that threatens the lives of one of society's most marginalised groups. “I am concerned about the pervasive matter that those living with albinism must be killed for luck because those people lie to you using culture. I can assure you that is not culture.”
The king's address at the official opening of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature precedes the state of the province address by KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala on Wednesday.
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