In papers seen by Eyewitness News, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini's lawyers have legally notified Queen Sibongile Dlamini that they want her marriage to the late AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini declared null and void.
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda said that eThekwini was desperate for an intervention from national government, with at least 129,000 jobs on the line.
The city said that 95,000 businesses were hit hard by the violence in both the formal and informal sectors and more than 100,000 jobs were now on the line.
The chaotic scenes saw at least 212 fatalities nationwide.
Police Minister Bheki Cele committed to the residents of Phoenix to protect their community from being looted last week. He has however cautioned against racial profiling and acts of vigilantism, saying that this was criminal and will not be tolerated.
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that four other alleged instigators had also been arrested so far.
Cele who has spent today touring various communities in KwaZulu-Natal to recover stolen goods said more arrests were imminent.
Over 200 people were killed and more than 3,400 arrested in the worst violence to grip the country since the dawn of democracy.
Former President Jacob Zuma is serving a 15-month jail term for contempt of court after he shunned a directive by the Constitutional Court to appear before the state capture commission.
Former President Jacob Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering related to the 1999 arms deal. He is accused of taking bribes from French company, Thales, amounting to R4 million.
eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda said the City has lost an estimated R1 billion in stolen stock and suffered damages to infrastructure amounting to R15 billion.
Lamola has said violent protests and looting sprees that took place mainly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal over the past week were a challenge to the country's Constitutional democracy.
The association said it had asked the national and provincial health departments to boost security at all medical facilities.
The city also saw fresh incidents of looting on Wednesday, including in Phoenix, after which Police Minister Bheki Cele made his way there to assess the scale of the destruction.
Many law-abiding citizens were now struggling to buy day-to-day items like fuel, bread and milk.
Legal expert Tyrone Mnguni said Jacob Zuma’s rescission application to the apex court which will be heard on Monday is likely to fail.
It’s believed that those behind the demonstrations are against the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma.
The protestors, who had been staging demonstrations since Wednesday, were opposing Zuma’s incarceration after he was found guilty of being in contempt of court.
