FACTS ABOUT ZULU KING
1) He has 28 children
2) He built a Palace for 6 of his wives
3). He spent £150,000 on military Uniform for his 28 children
4)He spent £250,000 on wedding to his last wife and declared himself bankrupt thereafter last year
5)He became King age 20
The Zulu king of South African King Goodswill zwelithini who speech has fuel xenophobic attack against African immigrant tagging them as lice , live in extravagance opulence different from the Deep poverty in the street of South Africa
But more recently, there was the revelation that he was bankrupt - despite the 54million rand (£3million) he got from the South African government to keep the 67-year-old, his six wives and 28 children in the style to which they are accustomed.
he is known as a man who likes to spend more on his birthday cakes than any of his subjects receives in a year.
The hellish scenes across townships in South Africa are a far cry from King Zwelithini's opulent marriage to his sixth wife Zola
According to South Africa's Sunday Times, the monarch paid out more than £55,000 on catering, around £10,000 on a sound system and £15,000 on decorations and flowers.
In total, the extravaganza, attended by 5,000 people, cost an estimated £250,000.
Maintaining all six wives, their children and grandchildren in separate palaces, with generous allowances, private school fees and a retinue of personal staff, requires substantial funding, according to reports.
In 2012, King Zwelithini asked for half a million pounds for a new palace for Queen Mafu - as well as an extra million pounds on fifth wife Queen MaMchiza's home, in Nongoma, which boasts five royal residences.
Four years before, the royal family had come under fire for spending more than £16,000 on linen.
And just last month, the Sunday Times reported that the King had bought each of his queens a new Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan, in addition to a seventh model 'as a back up'.
The monarch's opulent lifestyle is in stark contrast to millions of South Africans who, more than two decades after winning freedom, still do not have access to basic services such as clean water and electricity.
But despite opposition politicians hitting out at the huge amounts lavished upon King Zwelithini and his family, it is unlikely to change.
As South Africa celebrates 21 years of democracy next week, the largesse enjoyed by the king at the taxpayers' expense appears assured – at least while controversial president and fellow Zulu Jacob Zuma clings to power.
Mr Zuma, who himself has four wives and at least 20 children, has relied on the influential leader to deliver political support, both to him personally and the governing ANC.
In return, the king enjoys a budget far higher than South Africa's other royal households and chiefdoms.
Indeed, the South African government waved through an extra two million rand (£110,600) just last month, to help him get to the end of the financial year.
What's more, his allowance looks set to rise to R63million (£3.5million) a year by 2017.
And none of this takes into account the amount the South African taxpayer is having to shoulder.
King Goodswill Zwelithini Rolls Royce he drove to the wedding of his youngest wife
Below is what happen when a blackman refuse to THINK WITH HIS HEAD,listening to a lazy king busy with sexual escapade life with six wives, and legions of children living in opulence.who never care to fix their problems
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