On January 29, 1991, Nelson Mandela, then deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC), and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of the Inkatha Freedom Party held their first official talks in nearly 30 years. This meeting marked a major step toward easing tensions between the predominantly Zulu Inkatha movement and the ethnically diverse ANC during South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy.
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