HRM King Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile Aa! Zanesizwe (1955 - July 11, 2011) was the reigning king of the Rharhabe

Rharhabe

The Rharhabe are a Xhosa sub-group found on the Ciskei section of the Eastern Cape. Their counterparts are the AmaGcaleka which are found on the Transkei section of the Eastern Cape.-History of the Rharhabe:...

 sub-group of the Xhosa nation until his death on 11 July 2011.

His wife was the daughter of Zulu Monarch the late King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon

Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon

Cyprian Bhekuzulu Nyangayezizwe kaSolomon was the king of the Zulu nation from 1948 until his death at Nongoma in 1968. He succeeded his father, king Solomon kaDinuzulu, after a lengthy succession dispute which was only resolved in 1944...

 and sister to King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu is the reigning king of the Zulu nation under the Traditional Leadership clause of South Africa's republican constitution....

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He became Paramount Chief in 1991 after his mother had been regent during the time when the Ciskei

Ciskei

Ciskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. It covered an area of 2,970 square miles , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean....

 government had been under the control of Lennox Sebe

Lennox Sebe

Lennox Leslie Wongamu Sebe was chief minister of the Xhosa bantustan of Ciskei, and the country's first president, after its self-rule in 1972....

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External links

• South African Government Article on King Sandile http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2001/011023246p1001.htm