Avoid dagga, booze, politics, king tells son
With the prospect of jail time hanging over his head, AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo had some sober advice for his 23-year-old son and heir, Azenathi Zanelizwe.
"Do not smoke dagga, don't abuse alcohol - and politics are not for royals," the king advised.
In an interview in the presence of his son, he urged his scion to hold fast to the church and focus his energies on empowering himself through education "to develop our nation".
The controversial 50-year-old king's prospects of remaining a free man hang by a thread. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Supreme Court of Appeal last week.
Dalindyebo, who has ruled since 1992, has agreed to step down and allow his son to ascend the throne but will launch an appeal against conviction and sentence in the Constitutional Court.
He has on many occasions publicly admitted to smoking dagga, saying he was...
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