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Inkatha [ɪnˈkɑːtə] n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a South African Zulu organization founded by Chief Mangosouthu Buthelezi in 1975 as a paramilitary group seeking nonracial democracy; won four seats in South Africa's first nonracial elections in 1994 [Zulu name for the grass coil used by Zulu women carrying loads on their heads, the many strands of which provide its strength and cohesion] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The 1994 political settlement between the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party, in which the ANC in effect conceded the ill-begotten IFP victory, also resulted in a recognition--however begrudgingly--of the political salience of tribalism in rural areas of the country. King Solomon ka Dinuzulu began the Inkatha Movement (8) in 1920 as an attempt both to unite the Zulu-speaking people culturally and socially and to re-empower the Zulu royal house politically. What if the potentially disaffected ethnic party (the Zulu-dominated Inkatha, led by Chief Buthelezi) got together with the hugely influential and powerful white business interests and managed to persuade the unions to break with the ANC? |
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