Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
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Gerhard Maré, University of KwaZulu-Natal Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, who has died, was a history maker. He was born on 27 August 1928 into a tumultuous global century, and into the local conditions of racist rule. A man of singular political talent, Buthelezi was among the country’s most influential black leaders for the majority of his long and remarkable life. Yet he occupied an anomalous position within the politics of the anti-apartheid struggle. He brokered Zulu ethnic nationalism, feeding a measure of credibility into apartheid ideals of
Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense…
Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
Gerhard Maré, University of KwaZulu-Natal Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, who has died, was a history maker. He was born on 27 August 1928 into a tumultuous global century, and into the local conditions of racist rule. A man of singular political talent, Buthelezi was among the country’s most influential black leaders for the majority of his long and remarkable life. Yet he occupied an anomalous position within the politics of the anti-apartheid struggle. He brokered Zulu ethnic nationalism, feeding a measure of credibility into apartheid ideals of