MASKANDI artist Dr Khangelani "DSD" Mhlongo has paid tribute to Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
In 2021, the leader of the multi-award-winning group Osaziwayo, Khangelani from Katlehong in Ekurhuleni, released an album which had a song about uMntwana ka Phindangene titled Imisebenzi ka Shenge.
This was inspired by the fact that musicians usually pay tribute to people after they die.
He said: “The song was dedicated for the role he played in Mzansi while he was still alive.
“We wanted to sing about the good he's done in Mzansi. There are hostels, streets, schools and stadiums that are named after him."
He said he created the song to honour him while he was still alive.
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“Now that he's no more, we are comforting the Buthelezi family, South Africans, the Inkatha Freedom Party and the whole of KwaZulu-Natal.”
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a special official funeral category one to honour Buthelezi.
Buthelezi, who was the Zulu monarch traditional prime minister and IFP founder, died at his home in Ulundi, KZN on Saturday, 9 September after he recently celebrated his 95th birthday.
Buthelezi also served as the first minister of Home Affairs of the democratic South Africa. He will be laid to rest in Ulundi, northern KZN, on Saturday, 16 September.
