El Shaddai Adonai song lyrics β Benjamin Dube lyrics
UnguJehova wena, (You are Jehovah)
Isiphephelo samβ nguwe (My shield is you)
Ungumelusi wamβ wena, (My shepherd, is you)
Ukuthula kwamβ nguwe (You are my peace)
(Repeat)
Ungumthokozisi wena (You are the bringer of all joy)
Ukuphila kwamβ nguwe (My life belongs to you)
Ungenzelβokuhle wena (You do great things) (Njalo, Njalo) (Always)
El Shaddai Adonnai nguwe (You are God Almighty, our Lord)
(Repeat)
Educator, journalist, and editor of Ilanga lase Natal newspaper. First principal of Ohlange Institute.
Represented Botswana in international athletics competitions.
Alongside the Mkhwanazi, Mbonambi, and Sokhulu clans, the Dube royal family oversees community development funds from titanium mining operations on their ancestral lands.
His case follows centuries-old tradition of seeking forgiveness from the monarch, similar to the Magagula clan who received pardon from King Mswati II around 1845 through the intercession of Prince Madzanga I.