South African political figure and Zulu minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies at 95

Controversial South African politician and traditional minister of the Zulu ethnic group Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died at the age of 95, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Saturday.
Buthelezi founded the Inkatha Freedom Party, the third largest political party in South Africa when the country transitioned from the racist apartheid system to a democratic one in 1994.
He was admitted to hospital in July following a failed medical procedure to ease his back pain, his family said at the time.
According to Ramaphosa, arrangements for his mourning and funeral will be announced after consultations with the Zulu royal family.
Buthelezi was part of the late Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet when the latter became South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994.
Mandela appointed him as a minister of home affairs, a position he continued to hold in the second administration of former president Thabo Mbeki.