During the event, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised the significance of the occasion, marking it an important day because ...

I have chosen an armband worn by Shaka Zulu's leading warriors ... to have happened when Boers cut it off a warrior they had killed in a skirmish to keep as a souvenir.

President Cyril Ramaphosa with King Misuzulu kaZwelithini and Premier Thami Ntuli during a ceremony unveiling the King Shaka Zulu statue at King Shaka International Airport, on Thursday.