{"id":10361,"date":"2020-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10361"},"modified":"2020-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10361","title":{"rendered":"Noloyiso Sandile, queen"},"content":{"rendered":" <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Noloyiso_Sandile.jpg?w=810\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <p><p>Noloyiso Sandile \u2011 a local queen in South Africa died due to COVID-19 on July 8, 2020. She was 56.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sandile had been admitted at a hospital for COVID-19 related complications, according to the State broadcaster SABC.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The deceased is a sister to the current Zulu monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini. She was married to the AmaRarhabe King Maxhoba Sandile for over two decades until his death in 2011.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>She was then made the regent queen until her son, Prince Jonguxolo Sandile, took over when he came of age.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;Our condolences to the House of Rharhabe,&rsquo;&rsquo; Bantu Holomisa leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) party wrote in a tweet. Several others have also expressed their shock and sadness at the queen&rsquo;s demise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>South Africa has 10 officially recognized kingdoms representing various ethnic groups whose leaders play largely ceremonial roles and settle minor disagreements.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/africa\/south-africa-local-queen-dies-due-to-covid-19\/1904136\">Anadolu Agency<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p><p><\/p>\n \n \n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noloyiso Sandile \u2011 a local queen in South Africa died due to COVID-19 on July 8, 2020. She was 56. Sandile had been admitted at a hospital for COVID-19 related complications, according to the State broadcaster SABC. The deceased is a sister to the current Zulu monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini. She was married to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[47,7019,6204],"tags":[1051,114,8051,113,792,6710,6709,8219,6224,8221,8220,6434,6435],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Noloyiso_Sandile.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11710,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11710","url_meta":{"origin":10361,"position":0},"title":"15-Year-Old Dies Of COVID-19 On Day She Was Due To Get Vaccine","date":"October 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A young girl from Jorja Halliday, Portsmouth who had tested positive for COVID-19 died on the very day she was due to be vaccinated. 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