Zwelonke Sigcawu

Zwelonke Mpendulo Calvin Sigcawu
Xhosa Kings (Gcaleka & Rharhabe)
Reign1 January 2006 –14 November 2019
Coronation15 May 2015
PredecessorXolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu
SuccessorAhlangene Sigcawu
Born(1968-04-04)4 April 1968
Willowvale, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died14 November 2019(2019-11-14) (aged 51)
Names
Zwelonke Calvin Mpendulo Sigcawu
HouseHouse of Phalo
FatherXolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu
MotherNozamile Sigcawu

King Zwelonke ka-Xolilizwe (Mpendulo Calvin Sigcawu; 4 April 1968 – 14 November 2019) was a South African royal and King of the Xhosa people. He became king on 1 January 2006. Zwelonke was born at Nqadu Great Palace in Willowvale in the Eastern Cape to Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu and Nozamile.

King Zwelonke Sigcawu had been king of the AmaXhosa since the death of his father, King Xolilizwe Sigcawu, in 2005.