Mthatha, Eastern Cape - The Eastern Cape DA will meet Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo later on Monday, provincial leader Athol Trollip said.
“I will meet the king at 12.30pm at his Great Place Bumbane, near Mthatha,” Trollip said.
Last month, Dalindyebo made headlines when he reportedly described the African National Congress and President Jacob Zuma as “corrupt hooligans”.
He apparently made the remarks in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape, at a prayer service for ailing former president Nelson Mandela.
Dalindyebo reportedly said the ANC had distorted the anti-apartheid icon's legacy and behaved arrogantly.
He said he would stop smoking dagga the day Zuma stopped being corrupt.
Dalindyebo has also said he would join the Democratic Alliance as a birthday gift to Mandela.
Mandela, who remains in a critical but stable condition in a Pretoria hospital, turns 95 on Thursday.
On Saturday, AbaThembu royal family spokesman Nkosi Daludumo Mtirara said the family had apologised to Zuma.
He said a resolution in September last year, to remove Dalindyebo as king, had not been finalised.
The Sunday Times reported that Trollip was going to see the king about possibly joining the DA.
“... There's been a bit of confusion about me going to sign him up as a DA member.
“That might happen and it might also not happen, because there are some things that need to be discussed.” - Sapa