Staff Reporter|The royal Khumalo Family descendents of last Ndebele King, Lobengula Khumalo declared on Saturday that they had crowned Prince Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo as the new King of the Ndebele people.

The family announced Bulelani’s coronation to the thrown at a low key annual Mzilikazi Commemoration event held at the Mzilikazi Memorial Centre in Matopos on Saturday.

According to the royal family, spokesperson, Khumalo was crowned the king at a ceremony held in Bulawayo after government cancelled a much publicised coronation event which was set for March 4 this year.

It is not yet clear what the new king’s functions will be under the laws of the country that do not provide for the existence of a king.