FEATUREButhelezi to be laid to rest by admin September 17, 2023 written by admin September 17, 2023 Bookmark 6Saturday 16 September 2023 – 08:30amULUNDI – Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi is being laid to rest on Saturday.Thousands are expected to pay tribute to the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), who died a week ago aged 95.Several hundred people gathered on Friday to accompany Buthelezi’s body to the family homestead before the funeral.Men in traditional Zulu warrior attire chanted and danced, stomping their feet as they waited for hours in the scorching sun.Carrying shields and spears and dressed in leopard skins, some wore crowns bearing Buthelezi’s portrait.President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has ordered flags to be flown at half mast across the country, will deliver a eulogy at the funeral.“Buthelezi has been an outstanding leader in the political and cultural life of our nation, including the ebbs and flows of our liberation struggle,” Ramaphosa said, announcing the Zulu nationalist’s death last Saturday. 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin Follow Author previous post News24 | The death toll in Libya’s flood is now at 11 300, and still rising next post Women’s tennis returns to China after Peng Shuai boycott You may also like Bookmark Nobel prize goes to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine researchers October 3, 2023 Bookmark Tonga eye Romania win as Kefu pleads for... October 3, 2023 Bookmark Nobel prize goes to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine researchers October 3, 2023 Bookmark Makazole Mapimpi’s RWC comes to a sudden end October 3, 2023 Bookmark Sexual wellbeing industry revels in swelling sales October 3, 2023 Bookmark Richards Bay fire | Blaze still burning after... October 3, 2023 Bookmark Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak... October 3, 2023 Bookmark WATCH | Efforts to extinguish Richards Bay factory... October 3, 2023 Bookmark Updated rankings: Where Springboks stand after Tonga win October 3, 2023 Bookmark WATCH: Rand Water implementing water shifting [VIDEO] October 3, 2023Leave a Comment Cancel ReplySave my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Saturday 16 September 2023 – 08:30amULUNDI – Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi is being laid to rest on Saturday.Thousands are expected to pay tribute to the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), who died a week ago aged 95.Several hundred people gathered on Friday to accompany Buthelezi’s body to the family homestead before the funeral.Men in traditional Zulu warrior attire chanted and danced, stomping their feet as they waited for hours in the scorching sun.Carrying shields and spears and dressed in leopard skins, some wore crowns bearing Buthelezi’s portrait.President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has ordered flags to be flown at half mast across the country, will deliver a eulogy at the funeral.“Buthelezi has been an outstanding leader in the political and cultural life of our nation, including the ebbs and flows of our liberation struggle,” Ramaphosa said, announcing the Zulu nationalist’s death last Saturday.