In September 2022, CoGTA Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma revealed to Parliament that the country is currently grappling with six royal succession disputes.
The minister was responding to a written parliamentary question from EFF MP Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi, who wanted to know the number of disputes and what CoGTA was doing to speedily resolve them among other disputes.
Dlamini-Zuma listed the ongoing one within the Zulu monarchy where Prince Simakade, the first-born son of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini, is challenging the ascension to the throne of his half-brother, King Misuzulu KaZwelithini.
