Xhosa warrior and traditional leader Nkosi Jongumsobomvu Maqoma is not getting the recognition he deserves, according to several speakers who spoke at his memorial lecture held at Mngqesha great place in Qonce on Tuesday. The lecture was delivered by political analyst Prof Somadoda Fikeni.
In 2008, the Nhlapo Commission ruled that the amaRharhabe were not a kingdom.
The amaRharhabe took the Nhlapo commission to court over the decision and that ruling was set aside in 2016.
On Wednesday, the kingdom described the recognition as a befitting tribute to the tapestry of the amaRharhabe ancestry.
Thirteen years after the Nhlapo Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims ruled that the amaRharhabe were not a kingdom, President Cyril Ramaphosa has recognised the amaRharhabe royalty.
In an official letter dated 25 May, Ramaphosa instructed Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to legalise the ruling.
Dlamini-Zuma communicated the decision in a letter addressed to the chairperson of amaRharhabe Royal Council, Inkosi Siseko Maqoma.
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