The Spear of the People

From Africa is a Country Thu Nov 6 2014, 11:00:15

Last month, Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo would have turned 65 years old. But on February 25, 1991, an apartheid hit squad murdered the traditional leader and Contralesa president as he pulled into the driveway of his home. Maphumulo's assassination sent shockwaves across the Pietermaritzburg communities that had come to know him as the "peace chief" for [...]

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