{"id":36938,"date":"2021-03-19T19:32:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=36938"},"modified":"2021-03-19T19:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:20:12","slug":"ramaphosas-security-destroy-part-of-king-zwelithinis-palace-fence-to-enable-him-to-escape-an-angry-mob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ramaphosas-security-destroy-part-of-king-zwelithinis-palace-fence-to-enable-him-to-escape-an-angry-mob","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa\u2019s Security Destroy Part Of King Zwelithini\u2019s Palace Fence To Enable Him To Escape An Angry Mob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>An angry mob attacked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the funeral of the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and his security detail had to destroy part of the palace\u2019s fence for him to escape, IOL News reports.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa and some VIPs were at KwaKhethomthandayo royal palace in Nongoma in Kwazulu Natal where the Zulu King was being buried when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Men clad in traditional regalia, carrying traditional weapons like knobkerries, spears and spears chanting slogans camped at the gate of the palace and the had to be displaced by South Africa Police Service when the commotion became tense.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the video of the incident that took place today in KwaZulu Natal:<\/p>\n<p>South African President Ramaphosa had to be whisked away from KwaKhethomthandayo royal palace in KwaZulu during King Zwelithini\u2019s memorial after unruly Zulu regiments threatened his security. His security had to bring down part of the palace fence to enable his convoy\u2019s escape. pic.twitter.com\/XIUpj6qSOK<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheNewsHawks (@NewsHawksLive) March 19, 2021<\/p>\n<p>King Zwelithini died last week Friday after he had been in hospital since mid-February battling with an undisclosed ailment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. An angry mob attacked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the funeral of the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and his security detail had to destroy part of the palace\u2019s fence for him to escape, IOL News reports. Ramaphosa and some VIPs were at KwaKhethomthandayo royal palace in Nongoma in Kwazulu Natal where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,3678,3679,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-36938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-cryil-ramaphosa","14":"tag-king-godwin-zwelithini","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ramaphosa\u2019s Security Destroy Part Of King Zwelithini\u2019s Palace Fence To Enable Him To Escape An Angry Mob - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An angry mob attacked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the funeral of the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and hi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ramaphosas-security-destroy-part-of-king-zwelithinis-palace-fence-to-enable-him-to-escape-an-angry-mob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ramaphosa\u2019s Security Destroy Part Of King Zwelithini\u2019s Palace Fence To Enable Him To Escape An Angry Mob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An angry mob attacked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the funeral of the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and hi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ramaphosas-security-destroy-part-of-king-zwelithinis-palace-fence-to-enable-him-to-escape-an-angry-mob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-19T17:32:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-19T17:20:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/03\/img-6054dd28088e5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ramaphosas-security-destroy-part-of-king-zwelithinis-palace-fence-to-enable-him-to-escape-an-angry-mob\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ramaphosas-security-destroy-part-of-king-zwelithinis-palace-fence-to-enable-him-to-escape-an-angry-mob\",\"name\":\"Ramaphosa\u2019s Security Destroy Part Of King Zwelithini\u2019s Palace Fence To Enable Him To Escape An Angry Mob - 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