Destructive social forces such as crime, indolence, and the increasing identification of our youth with alienating sub-cultures of violence and drugs, threaten to unravel our social fibre from within. If we fail to fight for social stability and regain our unity, we are not likely to win the battle of governing ourselves according to the successful blue-print of King Shaka s Kingdom. The struggle for social justice, for the unity of our Kingdom and for the prosperity of the Zulu Nation will not be won today, or tomorrow. Yet with each day we are walking one step closer to the victory which our posterity shall one day enjoy. The immediate threat is that this journey may be interrupted by the creation of a new system of leadership in the lives of our people, while our known and respected amaKhosi will be stripped of their authority overnight.
Leadership is essential to the success of our struggle for development.
Our amaKhosi are the backbone of our Kingdom and remain the most important part of our Kingdom s united leadership. In their collegiality, amaKhosi can unite our Kingdom under an all-encompassing leadership which can move us forward. The undermining of our amaKhosi is the undermining of the legacy of King Shaka. The replacement of our amaKhosi with a leadership which does not emanate from within the structure of our Kingdom, will do greater harm to our final chances of success in the dream of development than the Battle of Ulundi did in 1879. AmaKhosi are the engine of our development and must be provided with greater resources and administrative capacity to drive social and economic progress in rural areas.