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| Birth Name: | Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Date of Birth: | 27 August 1928 (age 95 years) |
| Died | 09 September 2023 |
| Place of Birth | Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Gender: | Male |
| Wife: | Irene Audrey Thandekile Mzila (m. 1952) |
| Party: | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) |
Mangosuthu Buthelezi full name Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (born 27 August 1928, Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) was a politition fondly known as the founder and the president of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
Mangosuthu was given the title of Prince of Kwaphindangene (Umntwana waKwaphindangene shenge) at birth. His mother, Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu, was King Cetshwayo’s granddaughter and King Dinizulu’s daughter. Princess Magongo became the tenth wife and one of the king’s 40 wives.
Mangosuthu had one wife, Irene Audrey Thandekile Mzila. He married her on 2nd July 1952. Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s wife died on 25th March 2019 at 89.
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Thandekile Mzila had eight children: five daughters and three sons. They also had several grandchildren. 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. Unfortunately, Princess Nkosinathi Buthelezi, one of Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s grandchildren, died in a grisly road accident in 2002.
Prince Ntuthukoyezwe Zuzifa, born in 1995, is a father of two, Prince Zakhithi Buthelezi and Princess Nokuthula Buthelezi. He is also one of the trustees of the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Foundation.
Princess Mandisi Sibukakonke died in 2004 at 48 after a short illness. She had a son, Prince Zamokuhle.
Princess Mabhuku Snikwakonke was born in 1957. Unfortunately, she died in 1966.
Princess Lethuxolo was born in 1959 and died on 27th July 2008 in a car crash. Princess Lethuxolo was Princess Latoya’s mother, answering the question, is Toya Delazy related to Buthelezi? Latoya is a singer famous for her stage name, Toya Delazy.
Prince Nelisuzulu Benedict was born in March 1961 and died in 2004, leaving behind three sons, Sibonelo, Mongezi, and Simingaye Buthelezi. Prince Nelisuzulu Benedict died of HIV/AIDS-related complications, as highlighted by his father during the funeral.
Prince Phumaphesheya was born in 1963 and was a father of three: Prince Nkululeko and Princesses Sphesihle Buthelezi and Nqobile. Gregory succumbed to a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis.
Princess Sibuyiselwe Angela
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 the Inkatha Freedom Party.
Many people assume that Sbu Buthelezi, whose official name is Sibusiso Buthelezi, is one of the chief’s grandchildren. However, the famous media personality is not his grandchild.
His father was Chief Mathole Buthelezi. According to Buthelezi history, Mangosuthu, the first-born son of Chief Mathole Buthelezi, was first in line to the community’s chieftainship.
Joined the ANC Youth League at the University of Fort Hare: 1949.
Inkosi of the Buthelezi Clan: 1953 to date.
Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation: 1968 to date.
Chief Executive Officer of the Zulu Territorial Authority: 1970 – 1972
Became Chief Executive Councillor of the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly: 1972 – 1976.
Founded Inkatha yeNkululeko yeSizwe, the national cultural liberation organisation (which later became the Inkatha Freedom Party): 1975
Became Chief Minister of KwaZulu: 1976 – 1994
Refused nominal independence for KwaZulu from the apartheid Government, thereby derailing the grand scheme of apartheid to balkanise South Africa.
Persuaded President FW de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, and to allow exiles to return, in order to begin negotiations towards democracy.
Entered Government of National Unity: 1994
Served as Minister of Home Affairs: 1994 – 2004
Appointed Acting President of the Republic 22 times.
President of the IFP: 1975 to date
Attended Adams College: 1944 – 1947
University of Fort Hare: 1948 – 1950 (BA degree completed at University of Natal)
University of Zululand, Doctor of Law, honorary degree: 1976
University of Cape Town, Doctor of Law, honorary degree: 1978
Tampa University, Florida, USA, Doctor of Law, honorary degree: 1985
University of Boston, Mass, USA, Doctor of Law, honorary degree: 1986
City University of Los Angeles, Honorary Doctorate, Humane Letters: 1989
Mangosuthu Buthelezi died on the 09 September 2023 at his home in Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal.
The funeral service of the late Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi will now be held on Saturday. The service will take place at the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Regional Stadium in Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
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