Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… to the ANC in October 1984. Van der Merwe told Thabo Mbeki , the then-head of the ANC’s Department of Publicity, … in Zambia, but the ANC rejected the idea. Nevertheless, Mbeki agreed to be interviewed by Beeld ’s deputy editor, … with the ANC’s militants.’ Indeed, the ANC’s response to Mbeki when he reported back was hostile. In April 1985, the …