Zeblon Zulu
Prince Bhekizizwe Zeblon Zulu is a South African politician and prince of the Zulu royal family. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014 and before that in the National Council of Provinces from 1999 to 2004. He is also a published historian of the Zulu nation. Zulu royal family and history Zulu is from Nongoma in present-day KwaZulu-Natal. He is a prince of the Zulu royal house of Mandlakazi and an uncle of the reigning Zulu King, Misuzulu Zulu. In 1994, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi named Zulu as one of several "latter-day busy-bodies" who were attempting to "vilify" him. Zulu is also a historian of the Zulu people. His most recent book, Umongo kaZulu: The Marrow of the Zulu Nation was launched in 2006 at an event attended by King Goodwill Zwelithini, whose speech at the launch was disrupted by protests, apparently led by other members of the royal family. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in literature by the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Legislative career: 1999–2014 Zulu joined the upper house of the South African Parliament in 1999, representing the ANC in the National Council of Provinces. In the next general