"On behalf of the Royal Family, I wish to assure the nation that while we are all rightly grief-stricken, there will be no leadership vacuum in the Zulu nation.
Egameni laseBukhosini, ngifisa ukuqinisekisa isizwe ukuthi yize sonke silusizi ngokufanele, ngeke kube khona isikhala esivulekayo ebuholini besizwe samaZulu."