Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
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(1928-) Mangosuthu Buthelezi (born Gatsha) is a South African Zulu politician who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975. His praise name is Shenge. Chief Minister of KwaZulu, founder of the Inkatha movement and later Minister of the Interior in the ANC-led post-Apartheid government. As an actor, he played King Cetshwayo kaMpande (his own maternal great-grandfather) in the 1964 film Zulu. His mother was Magogo kaDinuzulu composer , musician and imbongi (praise-singer).
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