Bulelani Lobengula
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King Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi Khumalo is a Zimbabwean Ndebele king of the Northern Ndebele nation also known as Amahlabezulu tribe,[2] an assertion rejected as unlawful by the Politics of Zimbabwe#Judiciary|High Court of Zimbabwe]].[3] He succeeded King Lobengula who was overthrown by colonial forces during the 1893 First Matabele War, after which Lozikeyi became queen regnant of the Ndebele. His coronation
took place in a private ceremony in Bulawayo on 28 September 2018.[1] In 2019 he held his first Imbizo in Beria Park, Johannesburg.[4]
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Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo ka Mzilikazi | |||||
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Reign | 28 September 2018 – present[1] | ||||
Coronation | 28 September 2018[2] | ||||
Predecessor | Lozikeyi | ||||
Born | (1984-02-11) 11 February 1984 (age 40) Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa | ||||
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House | House of Khumalo | ||||
Father | Prince Humphrey Mncedisi Lobengula[citation needed] |
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