1. Buthelezi, the president notes, was the nephew of a Zulu king. 2. The Zulu king has invited Mandela to attend an annual celebration honoring Shake, the founder of the Zulu nation. 3. The Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, has broken with his cousin and has begun to side with Mandela. 4. Buthelezi expressed fears provinces would be stripped of power by a strong central government and that traditional leaders, such as the Zulu king, would be sidelined. 5. In a related development, the Zulu king was criticized by a top Inkatha official Thursday during the opening of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial parliament. 6. In an unprecedented rejection of the Zulu king, the marchers jeered when a speaker asked if they supported Zwelithini. 7. Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi once held great influence over Zwelithini, the Zulu king. 8. Mandela has tried to woo the support of Zwelithini, the Zulu king, to undermine patronage to Inkatha in the region. 9. Mediation was expected to address the powers of the Zulu king and the provincial government in KwaZulu-Natal. 10. Mandela, the leader of the ANC, has tried to woo the support of Zwelithini, the Zulu king, to undermine patronage to Inkatha in the region. |