The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to distil violent clashes between members of the two parties. The Secretary General of the IFP, Oscar Dhlomo, communicated the peace offer to the ANC in exile. Despite this effort, the IFP still maintained prospects for peace were unlikely for as long as the Frontline States were not part of any negotiations.
The IFP consistently maintained that it was not responsible for the violence between the ANC and itself. The IFP blamed the violence on the South African government. In London 1979, the two parties established a co-operative relationship. However, this relationship deteriorated when the United Democratic Front was formed in 1985 and began to expand into the IFP stronghold, Kwazulu-Natal.
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