Court questions Queen Mayisela's urgent application to halt King MisuZulu's wedding

DURBAN - The Pietermaritzburg High Court has questioned Queen Ntokozo Mayisela's urgent application to halt King MisuZulu kaZwelithini’s wedding.

In her court papers, the queen consents to her husband marrying other women.

However, the court said that she failed to prove the urgency in her application seeking to prevent the monarch from marrying another woman.

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During proceedings, Judge Sidwell Mngadi questioned Queen Ntokozo Mayisela's application to halt King MisuZulu's planned wedding.

He cited the fact that the queen said she had no problem with the king having more than one wife.  

"But Queen kaMayisela, in the application in her papers, she said she agreed that the king, the respondent, can marry more than one wife."

But the queen’s legal representatives said all the queen wanted was for their marriage to be converted to customary before the king could proceed to marry again.  

"The queen is saying she wanted to make an application with the king as it was advised in the beginning to convert the marriage from civil to customary," said Melusi Xulu.

Having dismissed the application, the court has ordered Mayisela to also pay the costs.