Chiefs and kings still call the shots in rural voting battles

Chiefs and kings still call the shots in rural voting battles

Politicians may pass laws to weaken traditional leaders, but come election time, they still beg for rural votes controlled by chiefs, writes Celani Sikakhane in his Royal Mzansi column.  The truth is that traditional leaders have huge power in rural areas that makes politicians look weak. These are loyal people who will change parties overnight if their chief or king tells them to. Politicians have tried to make traditional leaders less powerful…