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South African Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies at 95

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September 9, 2023

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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