When was ifp formed

Inkatha was kept in a secret hut of the Zulu royal house and it was a belief that Zulu kings derived their powers to rule from Inkatha. The British destroyed it when they raided Ulundi and burnt the royal palace during the kingship of Cetshwayo ka Mpande in the 19th century. Therefore, Inkatha has great significance in Zulu culture as it represents the spiritual and political powers of Zulu kings.

The dawn of apartheid in the s marked major changes for all Black South Africans. In , the South African Government introduced the homelands, and during the s the Government's objective was to form a tribal authority and provide for the gradual development of self-governing Bantu national units. The first Territorial Authority for the Zulu people was established in , which defined the Zulu homeland of KwaZulu. Buthelezi, who was a former member of the ANC but a fervent Zulu nationalist, was a shrewd, proud and prickly individual with great staying power.

He used his exceptional political skills to launch a platform that formally rejected the homelands system, but also used it as a cover for building a mass movement. Several founding members of Inkatha had either been former members of ANC, or members of the new urban middle class. The latter saw the need for a strong organisation to advance their class interests, but did not accept the idea of an independent Zulu homeland. However, the strength and support for Buthelezi?

Unlike King Solomon's Inkatha, the new organisation was only open to Zulus and citizens of Kwa Zulu Natal, and articulated a progressive agenda for freedom from its inception. It was only in the ? Soon the Inkatha Cultural Liberation Movement had between and members.

Educated Blacks viewed Buthelezi with suspicion, and saw him as representing largely the elderly, the traditional, and those in the government's pay. There is no doubt that Buthelezi was a stumbling block to the realization of the government's homelands strategy.

However, in he openly broke with the ANC in exile, its policy of sanctions and the use of the armed struggle to bring down the apartheid system. It correctly saw him as more of a threat than the other homeland leaders, who were deemed mere puppets. Buthelezi thought that the armed struggle and sanctions destroyed the chance for peaceful change, yet he told Botha that violence could not be averted 'by marching to anti-communist drums'.

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