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Cat's out the bag: MK Party to sport Zuma as its leader on election ballot: The face of the IFP's campaign remains the late Mangosuthu Buthelezi
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ANC backs Duma, blames Buthelezi after royal microphone gaffe: The KwaZulu-Natal government claims the traditional prime minister wanted to ‘collapse’ royal ...
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ANC backs Duma, blames Buthelezi after royal microphone gaffe
Quick Glance: ANC Supports Duma, Blames Buthelezi After Royal Microphone Incident
  • The KwaZulu-Natal government rallied around Economic and Tourism Minister Siboniso Duma and ANC Chair, apologizing for stopping Zulu traditional Prime Minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi from speaking in front of King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini.

  • Duma received support from the cabinet and the ANC in the province for his intervention to prevent Buthelezi from criticizing the ANC at a government event honoring King DinuZulu ka Cetshwayo.

  • Buthelezi's actions were seen as an attempt to embarrass the king and the provincial government, leading to fears of renewed tensions in the province, known for past political violence and recent targeted killings of political figures.

  • The incident has raised concerns about potential unrest in the region, with calls for accountability from all parties involved in the controversial royal microphone incident.
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‘We are sorry to his majesty’: Siboniso Duma on his clash with Zulu prime minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi
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Duma seizes the moment… and the microphone: The new Zulu prime minister has been giving the ANC chest pains since the king appointed him
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Duma seizes the moment… and the microphone
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New Zulu nation prime minister is not my spokesperson, says Misuzulu: Misuzulu kaZwelithini has made it clear that the duties of Thulasizwe Buthelezi do not ...
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New Zulu nation prime minister is not my spokesperson, says Misuzulu
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IFP slams Mbalula for ‘misguided electioneering’ over traditional leaders: According to the IFP, the ANC barred the majority of traditional leaders from ...
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IFP slams Mbalula for ‘misguided electioneering’ over traditional leaders
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Meet the man who has been picked to fill Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s shoes, in the #SundayTimesZA tomorrow.
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In latest court bid, royals claim Buthelezi had ‘no role’ in naming Zulu king: Prince Mbonisi and other members of the family say they should be the ones to ...
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MK party could turn Zuma into the new Buthelezi: Palace tensions will lead to delays in appointing the 'nation’s' prime minister ...
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MK party could turn Zuma into the new Buthelezi
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Zulu king braced for royal battles: MisuZulu ka Zwelithini is set to appeal the ruling overturning his recognition – and it doesn’t end there
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Zulu king braced for royal battles
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Court battles and divisions threaten the future of the institution of Zulu monarchy
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Quick Glance: Court Rules Against King Misuzulu's Coronation
  • King Misuzulu kaZwelithini visits KwaKhangela Royal Palace for Umkhosi Wesivivane.

  • Pretoria high court declares President Ramaphosa's recognition of King Misuzulu's coronation unlawful.

  • Royal family takes case to court to determine rightful heir.

  • Court to investigate allegations of improper identification process for Misuzulu.
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Royal rumble over Ingonyama Trust heads back to court: The monarch’s uncle wants provincial government to stop his salary and privileges
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Royal rumble over Ingonyama Trust heads back to court
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South Africa: King Misuzulu Fires His Legal Team: King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has fired his legal team and retained his old team of lawyers.
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South Africa: King Misuzulu Fires His Legal Team
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Call to rename eThekwini municipality after IFP founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi: Provincial chair Zwakele Mncwango will present a motion to the council and ask ...
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Call to rename eThekwini municipality after IFP founder Mangosuthu ...
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Royal rumble over Ingonyama Trust heads back to court: The monarch’s uncle wants provincial government to stop his salary and privileges
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Royal rumble over Ingonyama Trust heads back to court
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Royal rumble over Ingonyama Trust heads back to court: The monarch’s uncle wants provincial government to stop his salary and privileges
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Royal rumble over Ingonyama Trust heads back to court
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IFP charts new course without founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi: The 2024 elections will be the first contested by the IFP without its long-standing leader ...
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IFP charts new course without founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi
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Velenkosini Hlabisa fills seat of late Mangosuthu Buthelezi in parliament: IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa will fill the seat of the longest-serving MP ...
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Velenkosini Hlabisa fills seat of late Mangosuthu Buthelezi in parliament
Quick Glance: Velenkosini Hlabisa replaces deceased Mangosuthu Buthelezi in parliament
  • Founder of IFP, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, passed away last month at the age of 95.

  • IFP spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa announced on Monday that Hlabisa will assume Buthelezi's vacant seat.

  • Hlabisa was elected party president in 2019 and continues as an MPL in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Buthelezi lived so long because he ate so well: IFP founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi lived until the ripe old age of 95 because he followed a “very strict” ...
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Buthelezi lived so long because he ate so well
Quick Glance: Buthelezi Funeral: Evaluating the Legacy of the Controversial Zulu Leader
  • Zulu regiments accompanied the hearse to Ulundi

  • Born into the Zulu royal family, he served as their traditional prime minister until his death

  • Supporters of Mangosuthu Buthelezi perceive him as a man of peace

  • Professor Kealeboga Maphunye, head of African politics at the University of South Africa, acknowledges Buthelezi's role in safeguarding the dignity of the black population, particularly the Zulus, during the apartheid era
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Court bid to strip Zulu king of power to name Buthelezi successor: The king’s uncle has moved to cut his legal funding and wants the state to stop his salary
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Court bid to strip Zulu king of power to name Buthelezi successor
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IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa eyes KwaZulu-Natal premier candidate: Inkatha Freedom Party founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi will remain the face of the party’s ...
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IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa eyes KwaZulu-Natal premier candidate
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Paul Mashatile calls for peace in KwaZulu-Natal: Deputy President Paul Mashatile said his boss, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been calling for peace in the province.
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Paul Mashatile calls for peace in KwaZulu-Natal
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Quick Glance: Selling the Zulu Mystique: Buthelezi's Success with White Benefactors
  • The celebrated legend of fearless Zulu warriors still captivates many urban whites with its romantic allure.

  • During the Truth & Reconciliation Commission hearings, Buthelezi apologized on behalf of the Zulu nation for the murder of the Retief party by King Dingane kaSenzangakhona's command.

  • Using his connections, Van der Post introduced the "Traditional Zulu Prime Minister" to Prince Charles.

  • Buthelezi knew exactly how to satisfy this conceit.
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WATCH | Toya Delazy’s moving tribute to her grandfather Mangosuthu Buthelezi: "As a young child he provided for my needs and served as a significant ...
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi, former Mandela rival in South Africa, dies at 95: Enigmatic and divisive, Mr. Buthelezi nearly disrupted 1994 elections that brought Nelson ...
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi, former Mandela rival in South Africa, dies at 95
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WATCH | Slaughtered giraffes, impalas skinned by Buthelezi's mourners: Two already slaughtered giraffes and six impalas have been skinned by mourners as part ...
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WATCH | Slaughtered giraffes, impalas skinned by Buthelezi's mourners
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The vastly different legacies of Buthelezi and Biko: Steve Biko dared to dream of a future where all black people were free from oppression and violence and ...
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The vastly different legacies of Buthelezi and Biko
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Hundreds of KwaMashu protesters demand free ride to Buthelezi funeral: Hundreds of people blocked a KwaMashu main road on Wednesday demanding free buses from the ...
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Hundreds of KwaMashu protesters demand free ride to Buthelezi funeral
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Buthelezi: The warlord who tried to conceal the blood on his hands: Evidence demonstrates that Buthelezi was a key figure in the apartheid regime’s fight against ...
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Buthelezi: The warlord who tried to conceal the blood on his hands
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The ANC and IFP should work together in honour of Buthelezi, says Mashatile: Deputy President Paul Mashatile challenged the ANC and IFP to work together again to ...
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Quick Glance: ANC and IFP Should Collaborate to Honor Buthelezi, Says Mashatile
  • Mashatile challenges the ANC and IFP to work together again to honor one of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi's last wishes.

  • Buthelezi expressed a dream to reinstate his ANC membership and see the two parties reconcile.

  • The two parties are challenged to find a way to honor this wish.

  • We can't honor him by fighting, we must honor Shenge by working together.
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Eskom suspends load-shedding in Ulundi for Buthelezi funeral: Eskom has suspended load-shedding in Ulundi and surrounding areas for the funeral of IFP founding ...
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Eskom suspends load-shedding in Ulundi for Buthelezi funeral
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WATCH: ‘We don’t want Ramaphosa’ - ANC, IFP hostilities boils over at Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi funeral
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Quick Glance: ANC, IFP Reconciliation Important: Ramaphosa
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday expressed his commitment to the reconciliation talks between the ANC and the IFP, which had resumed before the death of IFP founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi...
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All eyes on the polls as parties react to Buthelezi's death: Somebody once said in politics a funeral is never about the dead but always about the living ...
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All eyes on the polls as parties react to Buthelezi's death
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No more letters from Shenge: Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a formidable opponent who gave as good as he got
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No more letters from Shenge
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WATCH: IFP’s student youth wing conjures emotions around Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi as it seeks to revive its fortunes in campus politics
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WATCH: IFP’s student youth wing conjures emotions around Prince Mangosuthu ...
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We must remember to forget if we are to survive as a nation: Xolela Mangcu, in response to Bongani Ngqulunga's assessment of Mangosuthu Buthelezi's ...
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We must remember to forget if we are to survive as a nation
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Can heartbreak really kill you? Experts weigh in on the dangers of distress: After Princess Phumzile Buthelezi’s claims that her father died due to heartbreak ...
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Can heartbreak really kill you? Experts weigh in on the dangers of ...
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Eskom to halt load shedding in Ulundi for Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s funeral: But in a letter seen by IOL, Eskom said should the grid be under pressure ...
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Eskom to halt load shedding in Ulundi for Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s ...
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A funeral fit for a prince: custom casket for Buthelezi at R2m state funeral: Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s funeral was biggest since the death of King Zwelithini
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A funeral fit for a prince: custom casket for Buthelezi at R2m state ...
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Farewell Buthelezi, Hogarth will miss our fights: Hogarth would like to bid a fond farewell to one of his age mates, Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi ...
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Farewell Buthelezi, Hogarth will miss our fights
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Buthelezi funeral: Tall order to feed mourning masses: Two giraffes were among the animals slaughtered for food for Buthelezi’s funeral, but cultural experts say ...
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Buthelezi funeral: Tall order to feed mourning masses
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PODCAST | Mangosuthu Buthelezi — The man who tried to ride two horses: This week on 'Sunday Times Politics Weekly' we delve into the controversial legacy ...
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PODCAST | Mangosuthu Buthelezi — The man who tried to ride two horses
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Buthelezi as polarising in death as he was in life: Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi was as polarising a figure in life as he is now in death.
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Buthelezi as polarising in death as he was in life
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi 'quietly and painlessly' stepped into eternity: Tributes pour in for IFP veteran who played a key role in history-shaping events
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Mampara of the week: Sthembiso Mthembu: It must be the classic failure to distinguish between party and state that led this mampara to instruct employees at the ...
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Mampara of the week: Sthembiso Mthembu
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Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s legacy is far more nuanced: Buthelezi was a deeply divisive figure; a heroic, principled and courageous leader.
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Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s legacy is far more nuanced
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Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s family points fingers at King Misuzulu: Princess Phumzile Buthelezi said that her father felt humiliated and even informed her that ...
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Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s family points fingers at King Misuzulu
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First reed dance without Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi as maidens mourn his death: Maidens from across the country had already converged at the Enyokeni Royal ...
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First reed dance without Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi as maidens mourn his ...
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Velenkosini Hlabisa: Buthelezi ‘was happy knowing the IFP was in safe hands’: The leader of the IFP highlighted the irony of how Buthelezi had been portrayed ...
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Velenkosini Hlabisa: Buthelezi ‘was happy knowing the IFP was in safe ...