Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has cunningly appropriated a solemn occasion facing the Zulu kingdom to reassert his preferred version of history. Clearly seeking sympathy to portray a legacy of a peacemaker on the right side of history, he uses Mzala Nxumalo as a “propagandist” who sought to denigrate his good name.
The media has provided him with unfettered and unsuspecting access. Among many interviews, he told
SABC’s Simphiwe Makhanya that his Zulu royal detractors were basing their allegations on Mzala’s book,
SAFM show.
He was also quoted in an article on
IOL by Sihle Mavuso saying, “I know that people like Princess Thembi and others… were trained by the ANC’s external mission using the writings of one of their stalwarts called Nobleman Nxumalo who also called himself Mzala who wrote the book titled