Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Mangosuthu Buthelezi (27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu tribal leader. He founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975 and was Chief Minister of the KwaZulu bantustan until 1994. He was Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. His praise name was Shenge.

During the CODESA negotiations of the early 1990s, he represented the IFP. Following the introduction of the universal franchise in the 1994 general election, Buthelezi led the IFP to join the government of national unity, led by Nelson Mandela. Buthelezi served as Minister of Home Affairs until 2004. He continued to serve as both leader of the IFP and an MP, retaining his seat in the 2014 general election.

In 1964 he played King Cetshwayo kaMpande (his own maternal great-grandfather) in the movie Zulu.

Buthelezi died on 9 September at his home in Ulundi, South Africa at the age of 95.

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Other websites

A biography of Buthelezi
News item that discusses Buthelezi's firing as Minister of Home Affairs
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi 
Genealogy of Buthelezi Tribe
DR. MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI, MP – PRESIDENT OF THE INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 
Inkosi Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI 
Speech by Mangosuthu Buthelezi to The Heritage Foundation, 19 June 1991.

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