Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died

Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died. Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation, and founder and President Emeritus of the Inkatha Freedom Party Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died.

Buthelezi was released from hospital just a week ago with his family announcing that he was recovering well, after having spent some time in hospital.

He had been admitted due to prolonged back pain.

He suffered other health complications while in hospital and also spent some time in the Intensive Care Unit.

His passing comes two weeks after celebrating his 95th birthday in hospital.

Ramaphosa described Buthelezi as an “outstanding” leader who had played a role throughout South Africa’s contemporary history.

I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Prince of KwaPhindangene, Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation, and the Founder and President Emeritus of the Inkatha Freedom Party.

Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been an… pic.twitter.com/pqa2iJpysz

— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) September 9, 2023

Buthelezi was one of South Africa’s longest serving — and controversial — politicians, whose remarkable career spanned five decades and traversed both the apartheid regime and the post-1994 democratic dispensation.

An accomplished orator, historian and custodian of Zulu tradition and culture, Buthelezi was perhaps one of the most contradictory figures in South African politics, claiming to be part of the national liberation movement, while also participating in the apartheid system.

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It was this policy of “loyal resistance” to the apartheid regime which placed him on a collision course with the liberation movement he claimed to be part of — and at the centre of the bloody conflict of the 1980s and 1990s.

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