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While I agree with most of the material passed on I may not be in agreement with all. However there is much we can learn from some that we disagree with. Remember it was once thought that the earth was flat.
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left to your judgment to determine what you agree with and what to act
upon.
Buthelezi is the leader of the Zulu nation and had been
aligned with the Nationalist government of South Africa in his opposition
to the Communist ANC which gained power with the support of external interference
in South African Affairs.
South Africa is rapidly declining, it now the murder capital of the world. The white farmers are being killed off in droves and now we see the Zulus, who are the largest group, on the verge of conflict and calling for secession. - Farewell South Africa!
Date: March 24 2005
Source: Pretoria News, p. 6
By Angela Quintal
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi believes he may have erred in the early 1990s by not opting for the path of secession and declaring KwaZulu-Natal a separate state.
Buthelezi, has warned of a possible "rebellion" by Zulus seeking to uphold their identity.
Addressing traditional leaders, Buthelezi said there were people who were criticising him for rejecting "pressures" during the Codesa negotiation process to follow the path of secession and declare KwaZulu-Natal "an independent state for an independent nation".
Buthelezi said the government of KwaZulu-Natal was somehow subservient to Pretoria and Cape Town and had a fear of asserting its individuality, autonomy and Zuluness.
"If they had been a separate and independent nation they would have not been as afraid as they are to proclaim to themselves, their communities, their friends and families and finally to the world, that they are Zulus."
Referring to a European Union conference in Belgium on federalism, Buthelezi said: "On that occasion, I did not mince my words and I made it clear that there is something rotten in South Africa and that the promise of the devolution of powers, federalism and provincial autonomy have been dishonourably betrayed."
Buthelezi again made veiled reference to the possibility of violence.
"I feel that in my long career in politics, I have always exercised a pacifying role and influence.
"Those who have created this crisis should consider that the facts of human biology are such, that I will not be able to exercise this role for ever, or I may not be able to hold back the anger of the Zulu people for much longer."
Buthelezi said he was aware that many Zulu people "were angry".
"In communities, people openly talk about the fact that we should have had our own kingdom as a separate country or state on the same basis as our cousins in Swaziland."
These rumours were not openly voiced because of "respect for me and my role, as people do not want to construe them as a direct criticism of my policies", he said.
"But we must give notice that I do not know how much longer the respect that the Zulu nation has for me will be able to maintain what is now being whispered to whispers.
"It is possible that whispers will become more widely spread and once openly spoken about it will be shouted at community meetings and in the streets of our country."
Buthelezi said the shouts would grow into rebellion and "social upheaval was bound to explode".
Buthelezi drew comparisons with the Basques, the Kurds and the people in Timor.
"We do
not want KwaZulu-Natal to become a new Rwanda. I do not want my 50 years
in politics to produce a legacy of violence and conflicts. I plead with
the rulers of the country to be aware of what they are doing now because
the effects and implications of what is being done now about our monarchy,
our traditional leaders, and our Zulu nation, will hound them in the future,
at a time in which it will no longer be possible to correct or
rectify it," he said.
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