I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.

Though his appointment in the government of national unity was a kind of catharsis the Zulu King openly lambasted Buthelezi and told many members of the ruling party that he was like Mandela because for 24 years of KwaZulu government he could not operate freely. The declaration was endorsed by several chief ministers of the black homelands including Cedric Phatudi (Lebowa) Lucas Mangope (Bophuthatswana) and Hudson Nisanwisi (Gazankulu). The meeting that was held in London between the two organisations did not succeed in ironing out differences.

Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi (born 27 August 1928) is the former prime minister of Zululand and South African Zulu politician who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975. His praise name is Shenge. In 1964 he played King Cetshwayo kaMpande (his own maternal great-grandfather) in the film Zulu.