Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Mangosuthu Buthelezi (born 27 August 1928) is a South African politician who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975 and the former prime minister of the KwaZulu bantustan. 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.
University of Fort Hare (1948–1950), University of Natal
Spouse
Irene Audrey Thandekile Mzila (m. 1952–1952)
Children
Mabhuku Snikwakonke Buthelezi
Parents
Magogo kaDinuzulu
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In a sense we forgot we were in this country at the time. Whites and blacks could mingle without any fuss. You might say it was a very small thing but for this country, which was so racist at the time, it was something of great significance for us. The film helped restore to pride about where we come from - about how our people resisted the mightiest army in the world at the time, even though we were poorly equipped with cow-hide shields and spears. [commenting in 2014 on the filming of Zulu during apartheid]
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Fact
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The producers of Zulu (1964) visited him in 1963 to discuss hiring extras, but then offered him the role of the Zulu King Cetshwayo, his own great-grandfather.
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Zulu tribal Chief.
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South African political leader. Founder of Inkatha, now the Inkatha Freedom Party. From 1970-1994, he was chief minister of KwaZulu Natal (the Zululand Territorial Authority in South Africa). Subsequently home affairs minister under the multiracial governements of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki.
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A real-life distant relative of the last Zulu king Cetehwayo whom he portrayed in the film Zulu (1964)
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tokoloshe
1965
Zulu Chief (as Chief Gatsha Butelezei)
Zulu
1964
Cetewayo (as Chief Buthelezi)
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zulu Dawn
1979
the producers wish to thank: without whose help and cooperation this film could not have been made - as Chief Gatsha Buthelezi
Zulu
1964
the producers of this film are grateful to, and their peoples for their help and co-operation during the making of this film - as Chief Buthelezi of Mahlabatini
$100,000
