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EARLY LIFE Mangosuthu was born on August 27 , 1928 , in Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal , to Chief Mathole Buthelezi and Princess Magogo kaDinizulu, the sister of King Solomon KaDinizulu . He was educated at Impumalanga Primary School, Mahashini, Nongoma 1933 - 1943 , then at Adams College, Amanzimtoti 1944 - 1947 . Mangosuthu studied at University Of Fort Hare from 1948 to 1950 , where he joined the African National Congress Youth League and came into contact with Robert Mugabe and Robert Sobukwe . He was expelled from the university after student boycotts. He later completed his degree at the University Of Natal . POLITICAL CAREER Buthelezi inherited the chieftainship of the large Buthelezi tribe in 1953 (a position he still holds today), though not without controversy - his older brother Mceleli would have taken the post if he had not run foul with the police. In 1970 , Buthelezi was appointed leader of the KwaZulu territorial Authority and in 1976 became Chief Minister of the semi-independent Bantustan of KwaZulu . The emerging Black Consciousness Movement of the 1970s branded him an Apartheid regime collaborator, because of his strong anti-Communist belief. However, he consistently declined to accept homeland independence or enter into political deals until Nelson Mandela was released from prison and the African National Congress was unbanned. In 1975 Buthelezi started the IFP with the blessing of the African National Congress, but broke away from the ANC in 1980 and his relationship with the ANC sharply deteriorated. In 1982 , Buthelezi opposed the apartheid government's plan to cede the Ingwavuma region in northern Natal to the Swaziland government. The courts decided in his favour on the grounds that the government had not followed its own black constitution act of 1972 which required consultation with the people of the region. Buthelezi at first refused to participate in the first democratic South African elections in April 1994 but chose to enter at the very last minute, disrupting the process severely. He narrowly won the elections in KwaZulu-Natal . In May, 1994 Buthelezi was appointed Minister of Home Affairs in the first post-Apartheid government, a position he continued to hold following the 1999 elections. He was appointed acting president a number of times during this period. Buthelezi fell out with the ANC prior to the 2004 Elections , and lost his position as Minister of Home Affairs. MARRIAGE He was married July 2 , 1952 to Irene Audrey Thandekile Mzila, and they had three sons and four daughters:
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