Senior members of the Madiba clan – led by AbaThembu acting king Azenathi Zanelizwe Dalindyebo, his uncle Western Thembuland King Siyambonga Dalimvula Matanzima, Nkosi Ngangomhlaba Matanzima and Nkosi Jonginyaniso Mtirara – were joined by about 1,000 mourners comforting Moshi Traditional Council head Nkosi Zululiyazongoma Mnqanqeni and his wife Nomzi Manqanqeni who were paying their last respects to their sons, Nzululwazi Mnqanqeni, 30, and his younger brother Aloyisa Mnqanqeni, 23, who were buried at Clarkbebury near Ngcobo on Saturday.
Nzululwazi was a pharmacist at St Patrick’s Hospital in Mbizana while Aloyiso was a final computer science and IT student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
The brothers were involved in a car accident on the N2 between EmaXesibeni and KwaBhaca when their car collided with a truck on June 16.
Madiba royal clan mourns deaths of pair
AbaThembu’s ruling Madiba royal clan is mourning the death of two of their young royals and brothers.
Image: LULAMILE FENI
Senior members of the Madiba clan – led by AbaThembu acting king Azenathi Zanelizwe Dalindyebo, his uncle Western Thembuland King Siyambonga Dalimvula Matanzima, Nkosi Ngangomhlaba Matanzima and Nkosi Jonginyaniso Mtirara – were joined by about 1,000 mourners comforting Moshi Traditional Council head Nkosi Zululiyazongoma Mnqanqeni and his wife Nomzi Manqanqeni who were paying their last respects to their sons, Nzululwazi Mnqanqeni, 30, and his younger brother Aloyisa Mnqanqeni, 23, who were buried at Clarkbebury near Ngcobo on Saturday.
Nzululwazi was a pharmacist at St Patrick’s Hospital in Mbizana while Aloyiso was a final computer science and IT student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
The brothers were involved in a car accident on the N2 between EmaXesibeni and KwaBhaca when their car collided with a truck on June 16.
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Two other people they were travelling with also died in the brand new car which Nzulululwazi was driving home to show his parents.
Paying tribute to the two princes, Dalindyebo said the Manqanqeni family had embraced Nelson Mandela’s dream that all royals and their children be educated.
“While youth out there are so concerned with drugs, alcohol and crime, fortunately your sons chose education. They died not doing crime, but going home to share their joy and achievements with their parents. That is why we have agreed that they get a send off of this magnitude, befitting royalty,” said Dalindyebo.
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He said although South Africa had attained freedom 25 years ago, black people were still not liberated economically.
“The economy and wealth of this country is still in the hands of the white people. It is only when our youth equip themselves educationally and with the necessary skills that we can be liberated economically,” said Dalindyebo.
The acting king, 26, is a final-year BA communication student at the University of Free State.
He urged young people to be patriotic and take pride in all the cultures and customs of African people.
lulamilef@dispatch.co.za
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