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Original Post Date: 2010-02-25 Time: 01:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Sipho Khumalo
Political staff
King Goodwill Zwelithini is using the looming World Cup to press for his palaces to be revamped and for his portraits to be mounted at key public venues, such as airports and football stadiums, as a marketing initiative for the province.
Officially opening the second session of the fourth KwaZulu-Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg yesterday, the king said the Zulu royal household was important in marketing initiatives to attract visitors to the province.
“I wish to reiterate what I have said to this government in that it would be good to have portraits of the king in public areas, such as airports and stadiums.
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“It would be good if those portraits could be displayed prior to the commencement of the World Cup, as this soccer spectacle will attract people from all over the world.
“This display will complement the Kingdom of the Zulu brand that people see as they arrive in Durban,” he said.
The king also called on Premier Zweli Mkhize to “elevate” his palaces to a level that befitted the royal household.
“In that way the government would not be ashamed of showing our palaces to visitors.”
The king’s palaces, scattered in the northern parts of the province, have been a source of controversy, with millions of rands being pumped into their upkeep.
The king also warned those in the tourism industry to resist the temptation to inflate prices during the World Cup, to help South Africa’s recovery from the recession.
“It is not good for the country when visitors leave with a picture of us as greedy hosts,” he warned.
He praised the KZN government for work being done to uplift people in the province, but asked for rural development projects to be expedited. He complained that the construction of rural roads took a long time.
The king also praised the provincial government for supporting the royal household when the barehanded killing of a bull at last year’s First Fruits ceremony came under attack.
He also repeated his call for Zulu men to be circumcised, saying it would minimise the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
However, he warned that circumcision did not prevent HIV and Aids.
“I am not encouraging people to act irresponsibly just because they are circumcised,” he said.
He said that circumcision promoted hygiene and was part of Zulu tradition.
“It was stopped solely because men were needed as warriors during the wars. This ritual reminded boys of their responsibility as men to do the right thing: to maintain the dignity of the nation,” he said.
The KZN government has responded to the king’s call, first made in December, by holding a workshop on how the procedure could be rolled out safely.
A spokesman for Mkhize, Ndabe Sibiya, would only say that the matters raised by the king, including the issue of his portrait being placed in public areas, would be discussed at a cabinet meeting.
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