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Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi 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. He was appointed to this post by King Bhekuzulu, the son of King Solomon kaDinuzulu.
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Born 27 August 1928 · Died 9 September 2023 · Q554131
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2026· 3 entries
“Our struggle for your freedom has just begun”
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“South Africa may well have been saved from disastrous consequences of unimaginable proportions”
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2024· 1 entry
The Citizen: Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s daughter has died
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2023· 8 entries
Yahoo: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a controversial South African political figure, laid to rest
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EWN Sport: IN PICS: Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi's body brought home for the last time
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Times LIVE: JUSTICE MALALA | Mangosuthu Buthelezi: his portrayal as a man of peace was a myth
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CNN: Veteran South African apartheid-era politician and Zulu prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies aged 95
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Reuters: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Zulu prince who roiled South African politics, dead at 95
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Died 2023-09-09.
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The Conversation: Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
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Digital Journal: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South Africa’s Zulu hawk, dies aged 95
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2022· 1 entry
A statue of Buthelezi was erected in Jozini, Ingwavuma, to commemorate his role
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2021· 1 entry
And 2022 after King Goodwill Zwelithini died in March 2021
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2019· 3 entries
“high-ranking members of Inkatha who have been involved in acts of violence in their local situations”
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After 25 years in his seat, he remained on the IFP party list and was re-elected to his seat for another term
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2019–2023).
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2015· 2 entries
“reignite mobilisation among the oppressed majority in the hiatus left by the banning of political parties [by the apartheid government]. From the very beginning, we spoke of equality, freedom, negotiations and peaceful resistance”
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Buthelezi said he had formed the party to "reignite mobilisation among the oppressed majority in the hiatus left by the banning of political parties [by the apartheid government]
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2014· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2014–2019).
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2009· 2 entries
Election lost: 2009 election and aftermath.
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Campaign: 2009 election and aftermath.
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2007· 1 entry
Buthelezi reflected of the incident, "I am not aware of any world precedent in which a president not only sued his own minister, but went so far as trying to get a cost order against him in his personal capacity"
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2004· 2 entries
Election won: 2004 election.
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Campaign: 2004 election.
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1999· 1 entry
Was highly critical of Buthelezi and the IFP's broader conduct during apartheid
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1997· 2 entries
“gesture toward reconciliation”
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Buthelezi terminated the IFP's peace talks with the ANC, angered by what he perceived as the bias of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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1994· 4 entries
Election won: 1994 election result and Government of National Unity.
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Campaign: 1994 election result and Government of National Unity.
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“We were a nation-state long before there was any Pretoria... [The idea] that as a people, as a nation we will cease to exist on April 27 – I find it laughable, really.”
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Career landmark: Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa (1994–2004).
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1993· 1 entry
That KwaZulu government institutions were "virtually identical" with Inkatha institutions, and that Inkatha often benefitted from the protection and resources of the KwaZulu state
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1992· 1 entry
King Zwelithini told the crowd that the ANC sought to "wipe the Zulus off the face of the earth"
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1991· 3 entries
"We should not pretend that the real violence in South Africa is not by and large produced by blacks in attacks on blacks
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Said that they were "snapping at my heels from behind as I march forward" towards a prosperous, stable and non-racial South Africa: "they do not have the greatness in them to formulate the tasks, let alone to pursue t
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“snapping at my heels from behind as I march forward”
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1990· 1 entry
Buthelezi claimed that the IFP had 1
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1986· 5 entries
For example, Buthelezi said that Botha "has got his head so deeply buried in the sand that you will have to recognize him by the shape of his shoes", and he refused to meet with Botha for five years after Botha was impol
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“has got his head so deeply buried in the sand that you will have to recognize him by the shape of his shoes”
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The SADF force conspired with Inkatha to provide Inkatha with a covert, offensive paramilitary unit (hit squad) to be deployed illegally against persons and organisations perceived to be opposed to or enemies of both the
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A conservative trade union, the United Workers Union of South Africa, allied with Inkatha, to counter the growing influence of the ANC-aligned Congress of South African Trade Unions
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Told journalists that he favoured one man, one vote as an ideal, but that compromise would be necessary to avoid violence
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1985· 1 entry
After the relationship had deteriorated, Tambo said that the ANC leadership had agreed to the formation of Inkatha in 1975 in the hope that Buthelezi could lead mass anti-apartheid mobilisation through the legal avenues
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1982· 1 entry
Buthelezi led a political and legal battle to block the government from carrying out a proposed land deal, which would have seen the region of Ingwavuma in northern KwaZulu – from the Mozambican border in the west to the
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1979· 1 entry
For example, he accused the king and Prince Mcwayizeni of attempting to form an opposition party together; in 1980, newspapers reported that Zwelithini had attempted to join the apartheid army but had been blocked by But
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1978· 2 entries
For example, the legislative assembly adopted a ruling that public servants' standing in Inkatha would be taken into account when the Public Service Commission assessed them for promotion; and in 1989 schoolteachers comp
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Because supporters of the Pan Africanist Movement objected fiercely to his presence, throwing stones at him and calling him a "sell-out" and "government stooge"
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1976· 6 entries
To protest the award of an honorary doctorate to Buthelezi
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Career landmark: list of chief ministers of KwaZulu (1976–1994).
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Formed the Black Unity Front to coordinate among bantustan leaders, and in January 1978 he spearheaded the formation of a spin-off organisation, the South African Black Alliance
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At a rally commemorating the Sharpeville massacre, he declared, "South Africa is one country
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The University of Cape Town in 1978, Florida's Tampa University in 1985, and Boston University in 1986
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“South Africa is one country. It has one destiny. Those who are attempting to divide the land of our birth are attempting to stem the tide of history.”
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1975· 4 entries
Leading it until 2019, and became its president emeritus soon after that
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"all members of the Zulu nation are automatically members of Inkatha if they are Zulus
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With the blessing of the ANC leadership, including ANC president Oliver Tambo; the ANC had been banned by the South African government since 1960 and operated in exile from Lusaka, Zambia
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And appointed to the French National Order of Merit in 1981; King Goodwill Zwelithini awarded him the King's Cross Award in 1989 and the King Shaka Gold Medal in 2001
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1974· 1 entry
When Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, "speaking on behalf of the Frontline States", had "urged me to found a membership-based organisation to reignite political mobilisation" in South Africa and to create "a cohesive fo
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1972· 2 entries
And by the Financial Mail in 1985, and Newsmaker of the Year by the South African Society of Journalists in 1973 and Pretoria Press Club in 1985
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To provide for "stage one" of the territory's self-government; it created the indirectly elected KwaZulu Legislative Assembly, dominated by traditional leaders, which replaced the Zululand Territorial Authority
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1971· 3 entries
In a column for the Rand Daily Mail entitled "End This Master-Servant Relationship", Buthelezi called on the central government to provide KwaZulu with more land and resources, arguing:The plain truth of the matter is th
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Buthelezi said that, "Homeland leaders who have accepted separate development have done so because it is the only way in which Blacks in South Africa can express themselves politically
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“Homeland leaders who have accepted separate development have done so because it is the only way in which Blacks in South Africa can express themselves politically.”
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1970· 2 entries
The Zululand Territorial Authority was established, and its 200 members, most of them traditional leaders, unanimously elected Buthelezi its chief executive officer
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And remaining in office until it was abolished in 1994
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1959· 1 entry
Though with significant resistance from parts of the population and tribal leadership
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1954· 1 entry
King Cyprian appointed Buthelezi his traditional prime minister – Buthelezi lists the full title as Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Nation (uNdunankulu kaZulu) and Monarch
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1953· 1 entry
Buthelezi returned to Mahlabathini to become chief (inkosi) of the Buthelezi clan, a hereditary position and lifetime appointment
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1950· 2 entries
Studied at University of Fort Hare (1948–1950).
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For participating in a student boycott during a visit to the campus of Gideon Brand Van Zyl, the Governor-General
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1948· 1 entry
The National Party was elected to government in South Africa and began implementing a formal system of apartheid, and Buthelezi joined the anti-apartheid African National Congress (ANC) Youth League in 1949
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1928· 2 entries
Born 1928-08-27.
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Which Buthelezi sought to revive
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1923· 1 entry
Became the tenth but principal wife (and ultimately one of 40 wives) of Buthelezi's father, Mathole Buthelezi
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1879· 2 entries
Zulu monarchs had become subjects of the South African government, and the monarchy's power and stature had suffered; in 1951 King Cyprian's recognition by the NP government was something of a landmark
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“They [activists] talk about the homelands as if all the positions of homeland leaders are created by Pretoria. We were a sovereign nation until 1879, when we were defeated by the British. KwaZulu was always called KwaZulu.”
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