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December 15: On This Day in World History … briefly
Prior to the 2004 general election, President Thabo Mbeki refused to sign into law Buthelezi's attempt to overhaul the Immigration laws.
1991: South African army funded Inkatha
South African president FW de Klerk’s government was under renewed pressure on December 15, 1991, following further disclosures in the ‘Inkathagate’ scandal over covert government support for Zulu chief Gatsha Buthelezi’s Inkatha movement, the arch-enemy of Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress.
Police admitted funding a Buthelezi rally long after De Klerk had said the support had ended. Evidence also emerged that military intelligence poured millions into Inkatha and send Inkatha warriors to Israel for training.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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