Misuzulu was speaking to those gathered for the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church’s annual prayer service at the KwaKhangelamankengane royal palace in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday. The church was the late Queen’s preference and the one she convinced her eight children to attend.
Princess Ntandeyenkosi also narrated a story she was told by her late mother, Queen Mantfombi, in 1998. She said that the Queen made a pact with God when she was very sick that she would send all her children on the religious route.
“She was very sick at the time and almost lost her life. She said the first thing she said while being transported to the hospital was: ‘God, please don’t take me before I take my children to church’, and that is what she did.”
She took them to the SDA church, which they instantly fell in love with and never looked back.
“That’s when the seed was planted. We didn’t have to be pushed after that. We were crazy over it. We even organised for them to have dinner here. She made a promise to God, and she kept it.”