Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo

Buyelekhaya Zwelinbanzi Dalindyebo a Sabata (born 1964; r. since May 1989), praise name Zwelibanzi, is a king of the abaThembu in South Africa.[1][2] He is the son of the previous king, Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo, a descendant of the amaHala dynasty, and ruler of the current bakwaDalindyebo lineage. In May 2005, he was indicted for fraud, murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and arson at the Mthatha High Court. As of December 2015, his appeal of his 15-year jail sentence has not been resolved.[3] In December 2009, Buyelekhaya threatened to secede from South Africa, and take two-thirds of the country's land with him.[4]

In July 2014, a group of Thembu chiefs wrote to President Jacob Zuma requesting that Dalindyebobe be removed, claiming he was an "evil king" and "not fit to rule". [5]

References

  1. ↑ "South African traditional states". Worldstatesmen.org. Cahoon, Ben. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  2. ↑ Soszynski, Henry. "abaThembu". Genealogical Gleanings. University of Queensland. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "State can’t say why King Dalindyebo not jailed". Auckland Park, Joburg: City Press. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Staff writers (6 January 2010). "Row over South Africa Xhosa king's secession bid". BBC News (Pretoria: British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "AbaThembu royal family want ‘evil’ King Dalindyebo out". City Press. Retrieved 1 August 2014.