Pietermaritzburg – King Goodwill Zwelithini is reportedly so broke that he cannot even buy groceries for his household that includes six wives and 27 children.
According to the Sunday Times, the king, who gets R54.2m a year from government, will now have to be further bankrolled by the KwaZulu-Natal government.
The Royal Household Trust was allocated R54.2m for the 2014/15 financial year but – according to Judge Jerome Ngwenya the chairperson of the trust – the king is now facing a financial crisis.
Ngwenya said in addition to not being able to buy groceries, the trust is unable to pay school fees for the king’s children next year.
Ndabezinhle Sibiya, spokesperson for KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu said the provincial leader had ordered a report into the financial state of the trust. He would not however comment any further…
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