South African Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies at 95
By DW
13 September 2023 |
11:32 am
Alongside the late Nelson Mandela, Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a pivotal actor in South Africa's transition from a white apartheid state to a multiracial democracy in the 1990s. But his legacy is also controversial.
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