Buthelezi to address Sobukwe rally

KING WILLIAM'S TOWN -- Inkatha Freedom Party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi will deliver the keynote address at the 20th anniversary service of the death of PAC founding president Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe in Graaff-Reinet on Saturday, PAC national organiser Phillip Kgosana said yesterday.

Mr Kgosana said Chief Buthelezi would attend the service at the invitation of the Sobukwe family.

Chief Buthelezi had been a close family friend of Mr Sobukwe dating back from their school days.

Mr Sobukwe died of lung cancer in Kimberley on February 27, 1978, while under restriction after serving a three-year jail sentence for incitement.

Other speakers will include PAC president Stanley Mogoba and Eastern Cape party chairman Zingisa Mkhabile.