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King Misuzulu and Queen Ntokozo KaMayisela face a legal turn as the court strikes off the urgent case. Photo by Jabulani Langa
THE Pietermaritzburg High Court has struck off the roll the urgent application by Queen Ntokozo Mayisela to interdict King Misuzulu’s wedding.
In the courtroom, there was no presence from the royal family or Queen Mayisela’s family.
Only the media were in attendance.
As a result, the queen was ordered to cover legal costs.
King Misuzulu had initially called off his contentious wedding, and his legal team subsequently denied any intention to proceed with it after his first wife sought a court interdict against it.
Queen Ntokozo KaMayisela filed an urgent application to stop the wedding between King Misuzulu and Queen Nomzamo Myeni, initially set for 26 January.
The basis for Queen KaMayisela’s interdict was their civil marriage, which doesn’t permit polygamy.
On Monday, 20 January, the High Court heard her urgent application.
Her lawyer Advocate Mandla Luthuli requested the court to prevent the wedding on 24 and 26 January.
Despite public invitations by King Misuzulu’s former spokesman Prince Simphiwe Zulu to the wedding, King Misuzulu’s legal representative Advocate Jonny Klopper denied any plans for the king to marry Queen Nomzamo on 26 January.
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King Misuzulu clarified that any wedding invitations were false due to his isolation since December.
In his affidavit, the king explicitly denied intentions of entering into another marriage while still married to Queen KaMayisela.
Judge Sidwell Mngadi dismissed the queen’s urgent matter and ordered her to bear the costs.
The judge highlighted that Queen KaMayisela had previously agreed to transform their civil marriage into a customary one, allowing polygamy.
This implied her consent for King Misuzulu to marry other women.
Judge Mngadi also noted that a process for the king to marry other women was in progress, leaving the events of 24 and 26 January uncertain.
Queen KaMayisela’s attorney Melusi Xulu told Daily Sun about a possible agreement on polygamy, saying Queen KaMayisela’s consent depends on proper adherence to the process.
“Let’s look at the law. Firstly, in civil marriage, you can’t enter into another marriage while that marriage is still existing. On 26 January, if that marriage continues as a customary marriage, we’re saying that would be a criminal offence, that’s bigamy.
“The court is saying that it’s not clear about what’s going to happen on 24 and 26 January. The letter that was used to notify the public is there,” he said.
Xulu said the queen won’t give consent to a polygamous marriage when there are two issues: civil union marriage and the consent is given to a specific person, not anyone, and not to Queen Nomzamo Myeni.
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