ENG: Inkosi Mangosuthu ("Gatsha") Ashpenaz Nathan Buthelezi (born August 27, 1928) is a South African Zulu leader, and leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) which he formed in 1975.
Mangosuthu was born on August 27, 1928, in Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal, to Chief Mathole Buthelezi and Princess Magogo kaDinizulu, the sister of King Solomon kaDinuzulu. He was educated at Impumalanga Primary School, Mahashini, Nongoma 1933-1943, then at Adams College, Amanzimtoti 1944-1947.
Mangosuthu studied at University of Fort Hare from 1948 to 1950, where he joined the African National Congress Youth League and came into contact with Robert Mugabe and Robert Sobukwe. He was expelled from the university after student boycotts. He later completed his degree at the University of Natal.
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The IFP Youth Brigade in KwaZulu-Natal and the party's senior leaders have moved to close ranks after a bruising public spat over the youth wing's calls for a change in the party's leadership. At the weekend the chairmen of the brigade's 11 KZN districts apologised to the party and its leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, for "harm that may have been caused to (his) legacy". The apology came as the party held a three-day, post-election meeting to assess the party's losses in the April 22 polls. The meeting, held behind closed doors, was also meant to map the way forward for the party ahead of its ...
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