The country is mourning the passing of Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
The veteran politician was the leader of the Zulu community, hailing from a long line of chiefs.
He also gained popularity for founding the Inkatha Freedom Party inSouth Africa.
Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and President of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Photo: @FlyingNews Live Update ZA 365/24/7 on Facebook (modified by author)Source: Facebook
The Inkatha Freedom Party shared common interests with the African National Congress, ending apartheid.
However, the two parties became fierce rivals.
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He died on 9th September 2023.
He was 95 years old.
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi at Durban Manor in South Africa. Photo: @Izindaba-Ditaba-News on Facebook (modified by author)Source: Facebook
Princess Magongo became the tenth wife and one of the king’s 40 wives.
His father was Chief Mathole Buthelezi.
Education background
Between 1935 and 1943, Buthelezi attended Impumalanga PrimarySchoolin Mahashini, Nongoma.
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He later joined Adams College in Amanzimtoti, where he studied from 1944 until 1946.
He enrolled at theUniversity of Fort Harein Eastern Cape Province between 1948 and 1950.
Unfortunately, he was expelled from the University of Fort Hare after the boycotts by the students intensified.
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He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree programme at the University of Natal.
He held the positions until his death in September 2023.
Later, the IFP leader detached from the ANC, and his relationship with the party quickly deteriorated.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Photo: @Borra Mcháwä on Facebook (modified by author)Source: Facebook
He was thepresident of the partyuntil his death.
Buthelezi openly opposed the plot to surrender the Ingwavuma region to Swaziland.
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Mangosuthu had one wife,Irene Audrey Thandekile Mzila.
He married her on 2nd July 1952.
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s wife died on 25th March 2019 at 89.
At the time of Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s wife’s death in 2019, only three children survived.
Princess Phumzile was born in 1953 and is the mother of Bongimpumeleo Khumalo and Princes Nkosinathi Buthelezi.
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Princess Nkosinathi Buthelezi, one of Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s grandchildren, died in a grisly road accident in 2002.
He is also one of the trustees of thePrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Foundation.
Princess Mandisi Sibukakonke died in 2004 at 48 aftera short illness.
She had a son, Prince Zamokuhle.
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Princess Mabhuku Snikwakonke was born in 1957.
Unfortunately, she died in 1966.
Princess Lethuxolo was born in 1959 and died on 27th July 2008in a car crash.
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Prince Nelisuzulu Benedict died ofHIV/AIDS-related complications, as highlighted by his father during the funeral.
Gregory succumbed to adrug-resistant strain of tuberculosis.
Princess Sibuyiselwe Angela was born in 1969 and is Princess Ntandoyenkosi Nkeiruka’s mother.
She is also a National Assembly of South Africa member from theInkatha Freedom Party.
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He also highlighted his contribution to the ebbs and flows ofthe country’s liberation.
These details account for the late leader’s political career.
To his proponents, he did his best to support his people while determined to undermine an evil regime.
To his opposers, he was comfortable in power when his real campaigners were imprisoned, exiled and shot.
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