South Africans have asked that a state funeral be held in honor of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, the revered monarch of the country’s largest ethnic group, whose death was announced Friday.

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, who has passed away at the age of 72, was the longest reigning of all Zulu kings on record. This was the 50th year of his incumbency.

South Africa’s powerful Xhosa and Zulu nations sealed an important union as Nelson Mandela’s great-grandnephew and King Goodwill Zwelithini’s daughter wed. The marriage ceremony of Tembu ...

JOHANNESBURG — Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, the king of South Africa’s Zulu nation, who shepherded his people from the apartheid era into a modern democratic society, died on Friday in ...

Josiah says he would accidentally bump into Zwelithini in Durban in the mid-1980s and he was surprised the heavily-guarded Goodwill, seated about 10 meters away in the hotel foyer recognised him.

King Goodwill Zwelithini, who has died aged 72, was for nearly 50 years the traditional leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation, the country’s largest ethnic group; in 1994 his support for the ...

Durban - The British Royal family have shrugged off demands made by Zulu monarch Goodwill Zwelithini that they reimburse the Zulu kingdom for destroying his great-grandfather’s palace in 1879.

Nongoma - In a sudden turn of events, the late king Goodwill Zwelithini who passed away on Friday will now be buried privately and his burial will only be attended by men.

South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, 72, who made thousands of bare-breasted virgins dance before him in annual festival, dies after weeks in hospital for diabetes treatment ...