King’s visit to quell factions
King Goodwill Zwelithini is expected to visit Kathorus to witness the signing of the peace deal between the warring factions of hostel residents in the Kathlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus areas.
KATLEHONG – The peace deal was brokered by the Kathlehong SAPS and a delegation of high-level emissaries from the Royal Zulu Palace in KZN, almost two years after the violent tribal rivalry first erupted.
According to SAPS spokesperson Capt. Mega Ndobe, the monarch’s visit follows the intervention of the police in a series of violent fights between tribal clans from different rural KZN areas.
Ndobe told Kathorus MAIL that the peace deal was reached after King Zwelithini’s emissaries assisted the police and the local hostel tribal representatives in ending the violence which had threatened to spread to other hostels around Ekurhuleni and throughout Gauteng.
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According to Ndobe the clan rivalry started in the rural homesteads of the warring factions during the 2013 Easter weekend. The fighting moved to hostels around Kathorus three months later when police discovered unidentified bodies around the hostels. Since August 2013 a number of persons have been killed by unknown assailants.
Ndobe said the killings initially baffled the police until the victims were traced to different rural homesteads in KZN and several hostels around Kathorus. While investigating the murder cases, detectives made a breakthrough which led to the arrest of several hostel residents.
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“The involvement of the King’s emissaries and members of the community who were working with the police, helped detectives to bring a speedy resolution to the spate of unknown murders,” said Ndobe.
King Goodwill Zwelithini’s visit to Kathorus, on a date still to be announced by the police, is expected to bring an end to the ongoing faction fighting between the warring Zulu clans.
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Ndobe said the royal visit would see scores of the monarch’s subjects converge in large numbers at the Sam Ntuli Stadium in Thokoza.
“At this stage we are still busy with the logistics for the visit and a date for King Goodwill Zwelithini’s arrival will be announced in due course,” said Ndobe.
