What is at stake in battle for Zulu throne: Divided royal house, anxious Zulu nation, money, power

Power, culture, and money are all at play in the fierce legal battle for control of the AmaZulu throne - and whatever the outcome, the royal house will remain divided which in turn will cause distress among the Zulu nation, at least two experts have warned.

The lawyers for warring half-brothers Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini and Prince Simakade Jackson Zulu faced off for a third day in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria in a legal tussle over the throne.

Simakade and Mbonisi Zulu, a half-brother of late King Goodwill Zwelithini, launched the application to have President Cyril Ramaphosa's recognition of Misuzulu as rightful monarch set aside.