In my opinion: We all need a woman like Queen Mafu kaZwelithini
What made me emotional about Ndunkulu Mafu's loud support for King Misuzulu was the fact that no matter how old we get, we will always need that parental figure in our lives that will always show up for us more especially when it seems as if everyone is against us.
We all need a woman like Queen Zola Mafu kaZwelithini in our lives, blood or not, especially when both your parents have died.
Queen Mafu is the sixth wife of the former Zulu monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu.
During the new king’s coronation over the weekend, King Misuzulu Sinqobile Hlomesakhishlangu kaZwelithini, expressed his gratitude to Ndlunkulu (queen) Mafu for being the only woman from his father’s wives who attended his crowning ceremony. When the new King thanked Ndlunkulu Mafu for her presence, I felt tears burning my eyes.
As someone who no longer has both parents, I understood why King Misuzulu said that with so much emotion.
What made me emotional about Ndunkulu Mafu’s loud support for King Misuzulu was the fact that no matter how old we get, we will always need that parental figure in our lives that will always show up for us, more especially, when it seems as if everyone is against us. Losing parents is a wound that never heals, I see that during graduation ceremonies, and birthday parties where parents are celebrating their children and showing them how proud they are. Having someone who is not your blood but fiercely supports you, is everything to me.
And I think that is why most of us found King Misuzulu’s gratitude very touching. The new Zulu monarch’s mother, Queen Mantfombi Dlamini kaZwelithini died a few months after King Zwelithini’s death. The 48-year-old King was crowned after a year-long family feud where some royals argued that King Misuzulu was not the rightful heir, claiming that the late king’s will was in fact forged.
And before the 48-year-old’s crowning, a faction of the Zulu royal family traditionally crowned Prince Simakade as King of the Zulu nation.
That is why I salute Ndlunkulu Mafu for boldly standing behind her late husband’s son while her sister wives were nowhere to be seen. As we draw closer to the end of Women’s Month, I believe we need more women like Ndlunkulu Mafu, not to support us financially but to be there for us, if it is not too much to ask.
Ndlunkulu Mafu kaZwelithini has definitely shown us as the Zulu nation that she is uMama wethu njengabantwana baPhunga noMageba (she is our mother as the children of the Zulu nation).
But that is just my opinion.
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