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| President Jacob Zuma (Left) and King Dalinyebo Buyelekhaya (Right) |
This is despite the fact that lawyers for King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo have petitioned the ministry, asking for a re-trial.
Justice Minister Michael Masutha was considering the petition, but the current court order - which required the king to report to prison by the end of today - remained in force, said his spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga in a statement.
"The minister has not been informed of any variation of the court order," Mr Mhaga added.
Under South African law, the trial could be reopened only if new evidence emerged since King Dalindyebo’s conviction.
The case was related to a dispute he had with some of his subjects more than two decades ago.
"His [the monarch’s] behaviour was all the more deplorable because the victims of his reign of terror were the vulnerable rural poor, who were dependent upon him. Our constitution does not countenance such behaviour," the Supreme Court of Appeal said in a judgement in October.
"We are a constitutional democracy in which everyone is accountable and where the most vulnerable are entitled to protection," it added.
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