STAFF REPORTER|
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver a eulogy at the special official funeral of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini.
The monarch’s memorial service will be held on Thursday.
Ramaphosa honoured King Zwelithini by according him a special official funeral category 1, which entails ceremonial elements provided by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
Ramaphosa has also authorised that the national flag be flown at half-mast at every flag station in the country from the morning of Saturday, 13 March, until the evening of the funeral service on Wednesday.
King Zwelithini died early on Friday at the age of 72 in the eastern city of Durban after weeks of treatment for a diabetes-related illness.
He was the longest-serving monarch in Zulu history, reigning for half a century through years of apartheid and democratic transition.
His remains have been taken back to his birthplace, the small south-eastern
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