Since South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared Mangosuthu Buthelezi dead on Saturday, September 9, 2023, his family, wife and children have been the talk of the town. The news of his death was a great blow to the Zulu kingdom. According to South Africa’s president, Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi breathed his last at the age of 95 in the early hours of Saturday, September 9, 2023. If you have been looking for Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s cause of death online, we are telling you that the circumstances of Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s death and his real cause of death still unknown. However, it is known that Mangosuthu Buthelezi was admitted to the hospital last month due to back problems, but was discharged from the hospital on September 2, 2023. On September 9, Mangosuthu Buthelezi passed away. Please watch his journey with his beloved Princess Irene below. Scroll down the page.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi with his wife
Who is Irene Audrey Thandekile Mzila?
All his life Mangosuthu Buthelezi remained married to his wife Irene Audrey Thandekile Mzila. His beloved wife Irene was always by his side until March 2019 when she passed away. People said that Mangosuthu Buthelezia and Princess Irene were the love of their lives. The Zulu leader loved only one woman, his wife Irene, with whom he had eight children. How many wives does Mangosutha Buthelezi have?
On the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Irene, the Sunday Tribune interviewed them, when the Zulu leader described his incredible love story. Mangosuthu Buthelezi was born into a family where marrying too many wives was the norm, but for him just one wife was enough to spend his whole life with. During his interview, Mangosuthu Buthelezi said he will never forget the day he met Irene Audrey Mzila in January 1959. The late Zulu leader was only 20 years old then. He attended the wedding of his uncle’s son in Randfontein.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi said: “We stayed at the Wenela complex on Eloff Street, which is run by Zachariah Mzila. There I met Mzila’s beautiful daughter. She was due to complete a nursing course at St Aidan’s Hospital in Durban. I was mesmerized. She was full of life, intelligent and kind. She had a quiet sophistication that would serve her well in the diplomatic corps. It didn’t take me long to ask for her hand in marriage.” Do you know that Buthelezi’s father was married to 20 women? But Buthelezi did not follow in his father’s footsteps to marry many women. He stayed with only one woman in his entire life.
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Source: HIS Education