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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, February 8, 2004: One of South Africa’s most respected Indian spiritual leaders, Swami Sahajananda, was on Sunday honored for his efforts in promoting the cause of education for African children. Swami Sahajananda, spiritual head of the Divine Life Society of South Africa, was honoured by the provincial KwaZulu-Natal Education Department at a function organized at the Sivananda International Cultural Centre here. The Swami was honored along with the traditional Prime Minister of the Zulu nation, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who has worked with him for more than 30 years to build schools and other developmental projects for the African community. KwaZulu-Natal Education Minister, Narend Singh, told the thousands of Africans and Indians who attended the function that Swami Sahajananda had set an example of what “service to humanity” really meant.