Bulelani Lobengula

King Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi Khumalo is a Zimbabwean Ndebele king of the Northern Ndebele nation also known as Amahlabezulu tribe,[2] an assertion rejected as unlawful by the High Court of Zimbabwe.

[3] He succeeded King Lobengula who was overthrown by colonial forces during the 1893 First Matabele War, after which Lozikeyi became queen regnant of the Ndebele.

[4] King Bulelani Lobengula was the first to take up rule in the Mthwakazi Kingdom since 1894.

[6] Despite several attempts to temporarily put a pause on his coronation for review and process by the Zimbabwean government, Bulelani Lobengula was crowned in a private ceremony by the Khumalo house.

[3] In 2023, King Bulelani Lobengula attended the Incwala Cultural Festival In eSwatini.