ULUNDI, South Africa (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners gathered in eastern South Africa on Saturday for the state funeral of Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The ...
ULUNDI, South Africa - Thousands of mourners gathered in eastern South Africa on Saturday for the state funeral of Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The veteran South African politician, Zulu prince andLee's impacts to be felt as the storm tracks into Atlantic Canada this weekend | SaltWireULUNDI, South Africa - Thousands of mourners gathered in eastern South Africa on Saturday for the state funeral of Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Mourners -- some dressed in traditional Zulu outfits made of leopard and other animal skins and holding shields crafted from cow hides -- gathered at a stadium in the town of Ulundi, where they danced, sang and cheered ahead of the service. Buthelezi, the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party who served two terms as Minister of Home Affairs in the post-apartheid government after reconciling with his governing African National Congress rival, had undergone a procedure for back pain in July and was later readmitted to hospital when it did not subside.Like the ANC, he was critical of white minority rule, which had relegated Zulus and other Black South Africans to downsized 'homelands'.
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