The funeral of the late Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founding President and Traditional Prime Minister of the Zulu Nation, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, will take place on Friday, 15 September 2023.

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government, as well as the Buthelezi family, made the announcement after a short meeting on Sunday.

“The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has confirmed that there is ongoing communication with The Presidency on the funeral arrangements. The Premier stated that the funeral service and the associated ceremonial logistics will be communicated in due course,” the provincial government said in a statement.

“Prince Buthelezi passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 95…”

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the passing of Prince Buthelezi, the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council, led by the Premier, visited KwaPhindangene in Nkonjeni, uLundi, to pay respects to the family.

Dube-Ncube said Prince Buthelezi was a giant whose footsteps are etched indelibly on the canvas of time, and his role in the negotiations, which led to the democratic transition was emphatic.

“His passing is equivalent to the burning down of a library as Prince Buthelezi was an unmatched chronicler and an encyclopaedia of our history. His memory was, even until his passing, photographic and his storytelling the stuff of international theatres.

“As he transitions to the world of ancestors, our hearts are deeply pained by the loss. On behalf of the government and people of KwaZulu-Natal we doff our hats to Prince Buthelezi for his own part in seeking to work for the people of our country. May his soul rest in peace,” Dube-Ncube said.

Meanwhile, in their quest to grieve the sad passing of Prince Buthelezi in private, while accommodating mourners who are streaming in to pay their respects, the family has set up a marquee at the entrance of the homestead where a daily service will be held at 5pm.

The family has thanked South Africans from all walks of life for the outpouring of messages of condolences as they mourn the sad passing of the family head. – SAnews.gov.za

ISIMEMEZELO ESIMQOKA ESIKHISHWA NGOKULAYEZA KWENGONYAMA ESESIHLALWENI UMISUZULU KA ZWELITHINI SIKHISHWA NGUMNTWANA UMANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI UNDUNANKULU WENGONYAMA NOZULU NGOKUTHUNYWA YINKOSI YOHLANGA INGONYAMA KAZULU ESESIHLALWENI

Ngithunywa yiSilo Samabandla onke, Ingonyama kaZulu ukukhipha isaziso sokuthi ngoMgqibelo zingu-25 kuJune iSilo siyoya eNqineni ukuba sikwazi ukukhipha izikhali zeSilo esisizalayo, iNgonyama uZwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, sesikhipha ihlambo leSilo esikhothemeyo. Ngakusasa ngeSonto zingu-26 June 2022, kobe sekuyusuku lwehlambo leSilo esikhothemeyo eSigodlweni KwaKhangelamankengane. Leli yilona langa eliqondene nehlambo uqobo lwalo, usuku lweSonto.

Akubhekekile iSizwe seSilo ngosuku lweNqina lwangoMgqibelo mhlaka 25 June 2022. Yusuku nezintatheli ezingabakhona ngalo yusuku luka-26 June, ngeSonto eliqondene ngqo nehlambo. ISilo siyophelekezelwa yilabo abaseduzane eNqineni njengezifunda eziseduzane zakhona lapha kwaNongoma naseMahlabathini. Lolu kakuyilo usuku lukakhukhulelangoqo olunjengolweSonto olobaseSigodlweni lapho iSizwe sikhululeke ngalo khona ukubakhona eSigodlweni KwaKhangelamankengane.

Ngamanye amagama eNqineni yeSilo ngabomndeni ababaphambili. Akubhekiwe ubukhona bamaButho ngaphandle kweButho-nje elilodwa eliphelekezela iSilo. INqina futhi izoba esiQiwini, kayidingi abantu abaningi. Ngithunywe ukuba ngicacise ukuthi lezimemezelo ezithunyelwe kuMengameli wezwe ngencwadi; nguMntwana waseKhwezi uMntwana uMbonisi ka Bhekuzulu; zabuye zamenyezelwa nguye futhi uMntwana uMbonisi ka Bhekuzulu kanye nesinye esesibuye futhi sakhishwa nguMntwana uMxolisi ka Bhekuzulu, zokuthi kunemisebenzi yokuhlambulula zonke iZigodlo zeSilo, zimemezelo ezingaveli khona eSilweni esisesihlalweni naseNdlunkulwini kaZulu. Yinto lena abayishoyo engakaze yenzakale nasekukhothameni kwaMakhosi onke kaZulu ayisishiyagalombili asake abusa iSizwe saKwaZulu kusukela eLembeni, kuze kufike eNgonyameni uBhekuzulu ka Solomon.

Akaze kugezwe nesisodwa Isigodlo. Ihlambo leSilo libalinye kuphela, okuyileli eselimenyezelwa manje ngalesimemezelo yiSilo uMisuzulu ka Zwelithini, iNkosana neNdlalifa yeSilo uZwelithini esesihlalweni. Sonke sisibonile isimemezelo sokugcina sikaMengameli wezwe, uMhlonishwa uMnu uMatamela Cyril Ramaphosa ukuthi ngokulayela komthetho ophethe Amakhosi Omdabu Ohlanga (Kings) neSizwe sama-Khoisana, iNgonyama yeSizwe sikaZulu esesihlalweni yiNgonyama uMisuzulu ka Zwelithini. Nguye kuphela ongumlomo ongathethimanga eSizweni sikaZulu nosesihlalweni ngalesisikhathi. Lokhu kwashicilelwa nasesimemezelweni semithetho yonke ebusa lelizwe, ebizwa nge- Government Gazette.

Ngakho lokhu okumenyezelwe ngaBantwana; uMntwana uMbonisi ka Bhekuzulu noMntwana uMxolisi ka Bhekuzulu akwehlukene nokudlala ngegeja kuziliwe, ngoba kabanalo nelincane igunya lalokhu abakwenzayo. Abakwenzayo ngalembudane abayimemezelayo yikudida iSizwe, nokuphehla uzwathi lokuxova iSizwe seNgonyama. Isizwe sikaZulu sesiphathwe ngokuthula eMakhosini amathathu; iSilo uSolomon ka Dinuzulu; iSilo uNyangayezizwe Bhekuzulu ka Solomon neSilo uZwelithini. LaMakhosi abusa ngokuthula, iSilo noMdlokombane asishiye nakho.