by Irrira Rikki

Created on: September 17, 2008   Last Updated: September 17, 2009

HAMBA KAHLE (GO SAFELY)
Chief Buthelezi once said, "I was there when Moses was there." That... was Egypt! If you look at these people in the Light of their history, this is an evident statement. There is no doubt that history has brought them 'gathering moss' as they traveled from the North to South of Africa over time. In their travels, they came up against many opposing tribes, who they had to pass along the way. Always this brings conflict, so they have gone down as being a warring people.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Once having survived the tremendous trek, it is an extremely enduring story, held against them the most... once having arrived in Southern Africa. There is a not very well known song which is carried in their blood which if translated goes like this.
"We walked the long road of our life to live
where we fed our Mother with our blood,
for her to stay alive, we died."
This speaks much of bloody battles en route and in 'passing through' other tribal lands they would have been seen as the intruder, as 'warring' in self protection, which really is, survival. Even today, this is no different, for any nation.

The Zulus are true survivors, misunderstood as so many are, because of what is 'history' the Western/European way. As a very misunderstood survivor in this time of today's measurement, they are still the Spirit of the Zulu. But pushed aside in politics when the 'majority rule' of their first standing in the European/Western light, considered them only a minor party of the New South Africa The Inkatha Freedom Party, opponent of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal Province.

The ANC the oldest liberation movement in Africa, won a clear majority in South Africa's first free and democratic elections in April 1994. After the ban upon it operating in South Africa was lifted in February 1990, and most of its leaders freed from long imprisonment, it grew rapidly and made major gains in attracting non-blacks to its membership. It counted on the support of the South African Communist Party in the 1994 elections.

Many Africans, in many previous years, were 'tricked' into good jobs/good money and in accepting found themselves in foreign countries, trained in combat, and returned, as a Communist. The only way they could understand, money, power. It was not surprising the majority of their understanding under the 'banner' of ANC, where once the 'C' stood for Communist, came to be the new ruling force. The innocent voters only saw the freedom, which Chief Buthelezi

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