Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi (27 ngoNcwaba 1928) ngosombusazwe waseNingizimu Afrika ongumsunguli aphinde ngumongameli weqembu lezombusazwe Inkatha Freedom Party(IFP). OkaButhelezi wadlala iqhaza elikhulu emlandweni wezombusazwe eNingizimu Afrika, ubalwa nawo wonke amaqhawe ayelwa nengcindezelo kulo lelizwe. UShenge uphinde abe yinkosi yesizwe sakwaButhelezi endaweni yakwaNongoma kwaZulu-Natali. Ukuhlonipha igalelo aba nalo ekubujweni kweNingizimu Afrika ekhululekile Inyuvesi yezobuchwepheshe (Mangosuthu iNyuvesi yobuChwepheshe) kanye nomgwaqo omkhulu kukubili okuselokishini laseMlazi kuqanjwe ngegama lakhe. UButhelezi wazalelwa endaweni yaseMahlabathini KwaZulu-Natali ezalwa yiNkosi uMathole Buthelezi kanye nowakwakhe iNkosazane yeNkosi uMagogo kaDinizulu owabe ungudadewabo weSilo uSolomon kaDinizulu bobabilii bezalwa yiSilo UDinizulu kaCetshwayo. Umkhulu wakhe wabe enguNgqonqgoshe oMkhulu kwiSilo uDinizulu. Wathola imfundo yamabanga aphansi e-Impumalanga Primary School isikole esisendaweni yakwaNongoma kusukela ngonyaka we-1934 kuya kwe-1943. Emva kwalokho wadlulela emabangeni athe thuthu, waya kofunda esikoleni esiseManzimtoti esibizwa ngokuthi Adams College kusukela ngonyaka we-1944 kuya kwe-1947 lapho aqeda khona umatikuletsheni. Imfundo ephakeme wayithola eNyuvesi Yase Fort hare kusukela ngonyaka we-1948 kuya kwe-1950, lapho ayefundela iziqu zoMlando kanye nzifundo zokuLawulwa kwaBantu.