The ANC’s embrace of Zulu nationalism in KZN imperils national unity
The ruling party seems to believe winning the Zulu king’s favour is the only way for it to retain control in the province
04 September 2022 - 00:00
What a difference a decade makes. Ten short years and Bheki Mtolo has morphed from being the ANC Youth League hothead who led his comrades on an election campaign to the home of the then IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi — a challenge that Buthelezi and the IFP found provocative — into being the nonageranian’s greatest praise-singer...
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