South Africa’s Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, wants the government to spend $700,000 on a palace for his sixth wife.
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/> The KwaZulu Natal government, one of nine provincial administrations, has already budgeted about $6.9million for the royal family this year.

Opposition parties have previously accused the king and his family of lavish spending.

King Zwelithini, as leader of South Africa’s largest ethnic group, is an extremely influential traditional leader in the country.

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