The Office of the Presidency on Tuesday announced that the late Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi would be honoured with a Special Official Funeral, Category 1.
The service will include elements of military honours and will take place on Saturday, 16 September in Ulundi.
People of extraordinary credentials specifically designated by the president are afforded official funerals, and Ramaphosa directed that flags would be flown at half-mast countrywide from today (Tuesday) until the evening of the day on which the funeral will take place.
Buthelezi (95) passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, prompting the cancellation of the second leg of the annual Reed Dance in Nongoma.
Political involvement and achievements
• Joined the ANC Youth League at University of Fort Hare: 1949
• CEO of Zulu Territorial Authority: 1970-72
• Chief executive councillor of KwaZulu Legislative Assembly: 1972-76
• Founded Inkatha yeNkululeko yeSizwe, the national cultural liberation organisation which later became the IFP: 1975
• Chief minister of KwaZulu: 1976-94
• Persuaded President FW de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, and to allow exiles to return, to begin negotiations towards democracy
• Entered Government of National Unity: 1994
• Entered the first democratic Parliament in April 1994 as President of the IFP
• Served as Minister of Home Affairs: 1994-99 and 1999-2004
• Appointed Acting President of the Republic 22 times
• President of the IFP: 1975-2023
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