Mandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… prevented the breakdown of negotiations. On the eve of general elections in April 1964, when the country was … able to persuade Chief Buthelezi, leader of Inkatha, and General Constance Viljoen, Chief of the Defence Force, to … which included the National Party and Chief Buthelezi. General Viljoen, elected to Parliament, became a friend and …