Abathembu News Today

East London businesswoman Queen Nolubabalo Khazeka Mcinga-Dalindyebo, estranged wife of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, says her vote come May 29 will go to one party and one party only — the EFF. Like her husband, Mcinga-Dalindyebo said she has thrown her weight behind EFF leader Julius Malema’s campaign for the presidency.

In late 1989 I joined a group of students on a trip from Cape Town to what was then the Transkei homeland, now part of the Eastern Cape. We travelled all night, arriving at our destination on the morning of October 1, bleary-eyed but excited. We sang, we met old friends, we talked, and we toyi-toyied. We were there to bury “Comrade” King Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo, deposed Paramount Chief of the AbaThembu. It was his second burial.

Though AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo appeared side-by-side with ANC provincial and regional leaders wearing ANC colours on Friday, he has not dumped the EFF.

Hogarth was surprised by the company AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo preferred for the celebration of his 60th birthday in the Eastern Cape

AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo is indeed the biological father of Prince Azenathi Zanelizwe Dalindyebo, his first-born son, according to paternity test results. The DNA results were presented at a media briefing at Garden Court in Mthatha by AbaThembu elders led by Nkosi Thandisizwe Mtirara.

An Eastern Cape municipality ward councillor and a prominent provincial and national leader of taxi associations, have failed in their legal bid to interdict a king from dismissing them as headmen. The Mthatha high court on Friday dismissed with costs an application brought by King Sabata Dalindyebo councillor Thembisile Gqiba and taxi boss Zola Bishop Yolelo to interdict AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo from dismissing them as headmen in the Mthatha West traditional communities.

In an attempt to celebrate her identity and culture, Aziwe Mpame will be one of the contestants fighting for the title at Miss Indoni Cultural SA.

The AbaThembu kingdom is rebranding its outlook along with its views on religion and women’s input, in light of their role as the nation’s mothers and the nurturing of young royals, kingdom spokesperson Prince Mthunzi Ngonyama said.

AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s eldest son, Prince Azenathi Dalindyebo, has joined the ANC, saying he was embracing the family heritage where his ancestors played a critical role in the formation of the organisation.

A Mandela family feud was on display at Friday’s funeral for Zoleka Mandela, as her aunt Zenani allegedly prevented her from being buried next to her grandmother Winnie, her mother Zindzi, and her daughter Zenani.