ANC President OR Tambo Radio Freedom Interview on Talks

ANC President OR Tambo Radio Freedom Interview on Talks On 5 February 1986, in an interview held with the African National Congress (ANC) President OR Tambo on Radio Freedom, the Anchor stated that the ANC had in the previous year met many people, some openly and others under different circumstances. According to the Anchor, these included the democratic trade unions that were engaged in “mortal battle with the racist system of apartheid”, civic associations, students’ organisations, academics that were looking for solutions to the difficulties of apartheid, as well as industrial and financial power houses that were both locally and internationally based. Furthermore, the Anchor continued to relate that these visits also included a wide spectrum of political parties, such as Ronald Reagan’s Republican administration in the United States, and the socialist and left parties in the Western countries, as well as journalists from ambiguous press houses, “right up to the pinnacle of the opinion makers of the world”. The most fascinating part of the visits, however, was the engagements with the main opposition party in the racist parliament of apartheid South Africa, the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), which drew a lot of attention and excitement from both the local and international media houses. The Anchor then turned directly to President Tambo, asking him “Why are the barons of international and local multi-national corporations desperately meeting the AN