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Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (/ ˌ m æ ŋ ɡ oʊ ˈ s uː t uː ˈ ɡ æ tʃ ə ˌ b ʊ t ə ˈ l eɪ z i /; 27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in 2023.
Sep 9, 2023 · Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who has died aged 95, was a towering figure in South African politics, hailed as an "outstanding leader" by President Cyril Ramaphosa. During apartheid, he was the...
May 24, 2024 · Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi was a Zulu chief, South African politician, and leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (1975–2019). He was head (1976–94) of the nonindependent KwaZulu Bantustan and South Africa’s minister of home affairs (1994–2004).
Sep 9, 2023 · Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Zulu nationalist who positioned himself as Nelson Mandela’s most powerful Black rival in South Africa’s tortuous transformation from a white segregationist society to...
Sep 9, 2023 · As a homeland leader, his lifeline depended on the South African state and economy. With anti-apartheid leaders inside South Africa and abroad demanding sanctions, Chief Buthelezi came to be regarded more and more as a government puppet along with other Bantustan leaders.
Sep 11, 2023 · His Zulu identity became the decisive compass for his career in politics, and personified the ambiguities between ethnic identity and national policy. He became the only Bantustan leader who played a significant role in South Africa’s transition to democracy and subsequent politics.
Sep 11, 2023 · Because of Buthelezi’s stand on “independence”, and in the climate of the Cold War, he was considered by many western leaders the most likely and desirable black leader to bring about a democratic, and capitalist, South Africa. Buthelezi consistently called for the release of political prisoners.
Sep 9, 2023 · Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a towering figure in South African politics and outspoken Zulu chief, has died at the age of 95. During the racist apartheid regime, he founded the Zulu Inkatha party...
Sep 9, 2023 · Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Zulu prince, nationalist leader and kingmaker who played a polarising role in South Africa’s transition from apartheid, has died at the age of 95.
Sep 9, 2023 · Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician, Zulu prince and controversial figure during the apartheid liberation struggle, has died, the presidency said on Saturday. He was 95.
