PHAKAMA’S FEUDING FAMILY CLASHES

MAHLANYA - There was drama yesterday when the late Richard ‘Phakama’ Dlamini’s family members were locked out of one of his homes in Mahlanya.

They were locked out by Emmanuel Dlamini, the late businessman’s eldest son. They had hoped to hold one of a series of family meetings to discuss the late businessman’s estate issues. There was no violence involved yesterday, though. The man who was popularly known as ‘Phakama’ died in December last year. He owned buses, trucks and shops. The feuding family had convened at the homestead for a meeting after they were called to a meeting over the radio. The meeting was called by Isaac Jiva Dlamini, a senior member of the Dlamini family who was recently appointed executor of the late businessman’s estate.  Jiva was in the company of some of the 24 children of the late businessman and some of his wives.

The agenda of the meeting was not stated in the radio announcement.
However, this newspaper was informed that the gathering was meant to thrash out issues around the late businessman’s will. Upon seeing the delegation outside his mother’s homestead, Emmanuel locked the gate to the residence as he rejected the delegation.

Emmanuel is Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs. He lives in the homestead where the meeting was to take place. The rejected family members were forced to wait outside the entrance for hours as Emmanuel steadfastly refused to open the gates.

The delegation reacted with anger and shouted as Emmanuel stuck to his decision. He locked out the more than 10 family members after informing them about certain things they had allegedly failed to take note of while organising the meeting. One of these was that the meeting was not reported to the area’s royal residence. Another reason was that he was not aware of the agenda of the meeting. He also told the delegation that the country was in prayer, because of the Incwala national ceremony and therefore all dispute meetings were supposed to be on hold.

After helplessly spending about three hours locked out, the disgruntled delegation turned back.

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