As reported on dispatch.co.za. KING Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo was publicly branded a “traitor” by opponents of secession plans during a public gathering of AbaThembu called to discuss the proposal. … Only those who opposed the secession spoke at the meeting, while those who support the idea will be given an opportunity to say their piece at another meeting [...]
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As reported on weekendpost.co.za. EASTERN Cape monarchs and the Zulu kingdom have broken their silence and dismissed AbaThembu’s territorial claim as “ridiculous”. Full Story
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As reported on News24.com. Cape Town – The ANC in the Eastern Cape has called on members of the AbaThembu clan and the broader society in the province to distance themselves from a “divisive and misleading so-called secession from South Africa” idea. Full Story
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As reported on dispatch.co.za. The AbaThembu nation is no longer part of South Africa, according to King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s controversial lawyer Votani Majola after he served a secession notice on Parliament. Majola said yesterday the nation was no longer part of South Africa and that the ANC-led government would have no say in the new independent [...]
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As reported on Polity.org.za: King Dalindyebo of the abaThembu has decided to suspend plans to declare independence and place a large swathe of South Africa under tribal rule, supporters said on Wednesday. Though this plan was now on hold, the task team driving the campaign would push ahead with a demand that the government pay Dalindyebo [...]
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As reported on Dispatch.co.za.Votani Majola, who heads the King Dalindyebo Justice Task Team (KDJTT), yesterday said a delegation of AbaThembu will file papers of the AbaThembu withdrawal from SA before forming their independent state of Thembuland. They plan to file the papers at noon at Parliament, followed by a media conference at a venue still to [...]
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As reported on blogs.Dispatch.co.za. Traditional leaders of the AbaThembu have laughed off and dismissed claims by a lawyer acting for their King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s controversial lawyer’s claim that the Thembus are ready to secede from South Africa. Full Story
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As reported on News24.com. Pietermaritzburg – The AbaThembu clan in the Eastern Cape province, which former President Nelson Mandela is a part of, intends to recuse itself as part of South Africa and form its own independent state next year. In the process the clan wants to stake claim on the entire KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Northern Cape [...]
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