- Mangosuthu Buthelezi is a South African politician and Zulu tribal leader who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party in 1975 and was Chief Minister of the KwaZulu bantustan until 1994
| Born: | 27 August 1928 Comment | | How old is Mangosuthu Buthelezi in 2024? / Age: | 95 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Virgo |
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi facts
- He was Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa from 1994 to 2004
- His praise name is Shenge
- Throughout much of the apartheid area, Buthelezi was considered one of the foremost black leaders
- He played a key role in creating a framework for a negotiated solution to South Africa's racial conflict, signing the landmark Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith in 1974 with Harry Schwarz
- During the CODESA negotiations of the early 1990s, he represented the IFP
- Following the introduction of the universal franchise in the 1994 general election, Buthelezi led the IFP to join the government of national unity, led by Nelson Mandela
- Buthelezi served as Minister of Home Affairs until 2004
- He continues to serve as both leader of the IFP and an MP, retaining his seat in the 2014 general election
- In 1964 he played King Cetshwayo kaMpande (his own maternal great-grandfather) in the film Zulu
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