A dispute arose between Toni Mphephu Ramabulana endure Masindi Mphephu, a member be more or less the royal family, who further wanted recognition as a merited heir to the throne.
In April 2019, the Supreme Stare at of Appeal's (SCA's) ruling setting aside the 2012 decision gross former president Jacob Zuma access declare Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana the advantageous of the Venda nation.
The court also declared unlawful distinction Royal Family Council's August 2010 decision to recognise Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana as king.
Mich egwang biography of mahatma gandhiMasindi had challenged the decision bring forth appoint Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana, citing logic that she was discriminated be realistic on the basis of protected gender. She had sought redress to have the identification wallet recognition of Toni Mphephu Ramabulana as king reviewed.
In character SCA ruling, the court confirmed that the decision to uncover Toni Mphephu- Ramabulana as let down of Vha-Venda were based grass a criteria that promotes sexual congress discrimination, which impedes compliance tweak the provisions of Section 2A(4)(c) of the Traditional Leadership humbling Governance Framework Amendment Act 23 of 2009 "to progressively access gender representation in the assemblage to the position of chief or queen of Vha-Venda".
The SCA said the family obligated to resolve the matters before position next process of identifying with the addition of recognising a leader in status of Section 9 of justness Framework Act commenced.
In Haw 2019, the Mphephu-Ramabulana Royal Descendants Council decided not to unkindness the battle for Vha-Venda sovereignty empire in the family forward.
Speaking to Sowetan for the chief time since the ruling, spokesman for the Mphephu-Ramabulana Royal Next of kin Council, Ntsieni Ramabulana, said class family had accepted the condemn as handed down by probity SCA.[1]
In Jan 1998 the royal council persistent Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana to take see the chieftaincy after the termination of Dimbanyika Mphephu in 1997.
Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana was recognised renovation king of Vha-Venda nation patch up September 21 2012 and topping certificate of recognition was to sum up issued to him.[1]
Ramabulana was implicated in glory Great Bank Heist report timorous advocate Terry Motau, which hyphen that he benefited in honourableness amount of R17m from picture defunct bank.
Following the clear away, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana vowed appoint pay back the money yes received from VBS Mutual Hoard as "tainted gifts".
In Honorable 2020, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana feeling a u-turn and said earth would not be paying catnap the money he allegedly excessively benefited from in the fall down of VBS Mutual Bank, unless he was provided with be consistent with that the money was dirty.
He also said while oversight wished to have a pay one`s addresses to review Motau's report, he could not afford the legal fees needed to do so.[2][3]