Ahlangene Sigcawu

{{Short description|South African king}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox royalty

|name = Ahlangene Cyprian Vulikhaya Sigcawu

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|succession =Xhosa Kings (Gcaleka & Rharhabe)

|reign = 7 October 2020 –

|coronation = TBC

|full name ={{nowrap|Ahlangene Cyprian Vulikhaya Sigcawu}}

|predecessor =Zwelonke Sigcawu

|suc-type = Heir-presumptive

|spouse 1 =

|spouse 2 =

| Children =

|royal house =House of Phalo

|royal anthem =

|father =Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu

|mother =Nogaweni Sigcawu

|birth_date = 1970

|birth_place =Willowvale, Eastern Cape, South Africa

|death_date=

}}

King Vulikhaya ka-Xolilizwe (Ahlangene Cyprian Sigcawu) is the King of Xhosa people.{{Cite web|title=New AmaXhosa king to launch massive claim for land across five provinces|url=https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2021-05-03-new-amaxhosa-king-to-launch-massive-claim-for-land-across-five-provinces/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=DispatchLIVE|language=en-ZA}} He was born in 1970 in Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale by King Xolilizwe Sigcawu and Queen Nogaweni. He took over as the King in 2020 after the death of caretaker Xhosa King INkosi Nongudle Dumehleli Mapasa who took over following the death of his brother King Zwelonke Sigcawu in 2019.{{Cite web|last=Tsewu|first=Siya|title='I should be the only recognized king in the Eastern Cape' – new AmaXhosa King|url=https://www.news24.com/drum/News/Local/i-should-be-the-only-recognized-king-in-the-eastern-cape-new-amaxhosa-king-20210507|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Drum|language=en-US}} He was a South African High Commissioner to Malawi before he could ascend the throne as the Xhosa King.