Claims by ANC’s Senzo Mchunu are ‘politicking’, Mangosuthu Buthelezi says
Political killings in KwaZulu-Natal had nothing to do with Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi leaving the ANC Youth League several decades ago‚ the IFP leader said on Wednesday. He was responding to claims by the ANC’s former KwaZulu-Natal chairperson and premier, Senzo Mchunu‚ who told the Moerane Commission earlier in the day that if Buthelezi had stayed with the ANC ,the bloodshed might not have happened. He also claimed that better negotiations between the two parties could also have made a difference. Thousands died in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s in KwaZulu-Natal, in clashes that largely pitted the ANC against the IFP. Responding to Mchunu’s claims‚ Buthelezi said this was "nothing short of politicking". However‚ while he agreed with Mchunu that the violence could have been avoided‚ he said the blame should be put on the ANC and not on the IFP. "The violence birthed by the ANC’s people’s war could certainly have been avoided. I founded Inkatha on the same principles‚ for Inkatha was i...
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