The distinguished Oppenheimer family is set to join other notable attendees in Ulundi this Saturday to commemorate the life and legacy of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Prince Ntuthukoyezwe, the son of the late prince, said at Thursday's memorial service at the Mangosuthu University of Technology,"The Oppenheimer family, instrumental in the foundation of this university, will be present in Ulundi to bid my father farewell."
In a generous gesture in 1978, Oppenheimer contributed R5 million to aid Buthelezi in the establishment of the Mangosuthu University of Technology. Fast forward to 2019, the Oppenheimer family initiated a Trust celebrating both Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Harry Oppenheimer. This led to the inception of the Mangosuthu Technikon, a moniker proposed by Dr Oscar Dhlomo, then Education Minister of the KwaZulu Government.
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