IreneButheleziFuneral | 'No man could have asked for a better wife than Indlunkulu Irene Audrey Thandekile.'
He also had mourners in stitches when he told how he became jealous when Tootsie sat on his wife's lap and how he became angry when she told him she didn't like some of his friends."To say that Irene was my anchor is not enough. Where is home now that she is gone? I will listen to our favourite music, and close my eyes, and imagine that she is still there. Her smile will be in the music.
Buthelezi's son, Prince Zuzifa Buthelezi, spoke about the pain the family had gone through after losing members of the family. "Grief is never invited. It shows up in the most unexpected times and leaves us in a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions." "As this family we have walked the road of grief. Our parents have gone through what no parent wants to experience. The loss of not just one child."
He was referring to the deaths in 2014 of his siblings Prince Nelisuzulu and Princess Mandisi who both died of Aids, as well as Prince Phumaphesheya who died in 2012.Delivering his message of condolences on behalf of government, Ramaphosa said the fact that Irene had been ill for some time did not lessen the grief the Buthelezi family were going through."We share in your sorrow for it is you who will feel the loss more keenly," said Ramaphosa.
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