Mandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… splintered by racial and ethnic conflicts and yearning for freedom and justice. He declared: "During my lifetime I have … 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 …