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In a lengthy article, Mondli Makhanya describes the late monarch as a useful apartheid idiot and refers to Buthelezi as a loyal and enthusiastic servant of the apartheid regime.
Former leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on the last day of the IFP conference held at Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal. Buthelezi resigned from the conference after 44 years in power. Image: Xanderleigh Dookey / EWN
DURBAN – Former Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) chairman Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Tuesday he planned to take action against the City press after his publisher published a scathing opinion piece about him and the late King AmaZulu Goodwill Zwelithini.
In a lengthy article, Mondli Makhanya describes the late monarch as a useful apartheid idiot and refers to Buthelezi as a loyal and enthusiastic servant of the apartheid regime.
Makhanya has also come under fire from Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, who said it was not African to speak ill of the dead.
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Buthelezi said that the Zulu royal family and the nation had been insulted by Makhanya.
“The royal family and the Zulu nation in general are extremely distressed by the vulgar language that has been published in the City press. We intend to take all necessary measures once the duel is over ”.
Malema said that while he understood that the king was not to everyone’s liking, it was culturally insensitive to criticize the late monarch when he could no longer defend himself.
“In African culture it is unheard of to speak ill of the dead. For this reason, if we don’t like you, the best thing is to shut up ”.
The king is expected to be buried in a private ceremony from midnight until Thursday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the eulogy at his funeral on Thursday.
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