1.   The Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi is black but tolerant of the white minority.

2.   Mbeki is expected to announce his Cabinet Thursday, including the appointment of Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi as deputy president.

3.   President Nelson Mandela and Zulu nationalist leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi exchanged smiles and handshakes Thursday, trying to defuse a dispute that could set off more fighting among their followers.

4.   A government crisis was averted Saturday when Zulu nationalist leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi signaled that his party would end a walkout from Parliament and not withdraw from the Cabinet.

5.   But Mrs. Mandela found an unusual ally -- Zulu nationalist leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

6.   But Zulu leaders such as Inkatha Freedom Party head Mangosuthu Buthelezi have opposed the ban and said Zulus would continue to carry their traditional weapons in public.

7.   Mandela meets with Zulu leader.

8.   President Nelson Mandela met Thursday with Zulu nationalist leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, but only after protesting the planned talks on tribal affairs had been politicized.

9.   Since then, the two Zulu leaders have waged a power struggle in the traditional Zulu homeland.

10.   The four gathered with ANC supporters near where the rival Inkatha Freedom Party was holding a rally addressed by Zulu nationalist leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.