Zulu Queen’s last journey

The journey to the Amazulu Queen’s final resting place began on Wednesday.There were jubilant scenes outside the Hillbrow mortuary as AmaZulu and eSwatini royal families ushered the body of the regent,

Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, from Johannesburg to the royal palace in KwaNongoma in KwaZulu-Natal. Carrying shields and spears hundreds of AmaBhuti and Zulu maidens arrived in a procession to pay their respects to the regent.

The queen will be honoured with a special provincial official funeral tomorrow.

A cultural expert and a council member of Iziko Museums Pitika Ntuli joined us to explain the traditions involved in a Zulu royal burial and the merging of two cultures in celebration of the late queen.