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The king died on Thursday morning at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha while he was on his way to Chief Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban.

Durban - Xhosa King Mpendulo Zwelonke Sigcawu’s subjects believe the only way to maintain the late monarch’s legacy would be to bring development in his nation.

Sigcawu, 51, died on Thursday morning at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha while he was on his way to Chief Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban.Mourners have been coming in and out of Xhosa kingdom’s palace at Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale on Thursday to pay their last respects. Mourners included Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Xolile Nqata, UDM leader Bantu Holomisa and other senior government officials.

Sigcawu’s right-hand man, Chief Zanenkululeko Salakuphathwa said although they knew that the king has not been feeling well in recent years, they never expected that he would die.

 

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