ANC Meeting with the Inyandza Movement of KaNgwane Bantustan
On 4 March 1986, delegations of the Inyandza National Movement and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a Communique following a meeting in Lusaka from the 1st to the 3rd of March, 1986. The delegations, composed of 21 persons each, were led by their respective Presidents, Enos Mabuza and Oliver Tambo.
Following the meeting, on 4 March 1986, Enoch Mabuza, the Chief Minister of KaNgwane and leader of the Inyandza delegation, told a press conference that Inyandza was urging other Bantustan leaders to “be on the side of the ANC”. President Tambo of the ANC said that it was first time the ANC had met a “high powered” delegation from one of the bantustans.
The meeting took place at the request of Inyandza reflecting their conviction that the fundamental problem that was facing South Africa at the time, the question of political power, could not be resolved without the participation of the ANC, which was recognised by the majority of the people of South Africa as their leader and genuine representative.
The ANC welcomed the decision of Inyandza and saw it as a very important step towards the further consolidation of the unity of the people and the democratic movement of the country, of which Inyandza was an integral part.
After extensive discussions on the current internal and international situation, characterised by a warm spirit of comradeship, the two delegations agreed on a number of impo
