JTA: South Africa’s Zulu king accepted an invitation to visit Israel despite his government discouraging such visits.
On Tuesday, King Goodwill Zwelithini of Zulu accepted the invitation from Israel’s ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev-Steinberg, to visit Israel early next year, according to the embassy in Pretoria.
An embassy statement said the king “vowed to use his official visit to explore ways to intensify the co-operation between South Africa and Israel, and especially between the Zulu people and the Israeli people.”
The Zulu are South Africa’s largest ethnic group, with an estimated population of more than 10 million.
