The
Nkomati Accord was a
nonagression treatyA peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends an armed conflict. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to cease hostilities, or a surrender, in which an army agrees to give up arms.-Elements of treaties:There are...
signed on 16 March 1984 between the
Mozambican governmentMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest. It was explored by Vasco da Gama in 1498...
and the apartheid government of the Republic of South Africa. The event took place at the South African town of
KomatipoortKomatipoort is a town situated at the confluence of the Crocodile and Komati Rivers in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is one of South Africa's hottest towns, with winter's average a perfect 26°C moving to a summer average of 33°C ....
with the signatories being
Samora MachelSamora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader and eventual President of Mozambique...
and PW Botha. Despite repeated pleas from Machel for leaders of other SADCC nations to attend, the complete absence of any such heads of state demonstrated the derision the Accord was viewed with from these nations.
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The
Nkomati Accord was a
nonagression treatyA peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends an armed conflict. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to cease hostilities, or a surrender, in which an army agrees to give up arms.-Elements of treaties:There are...
signed on 16 March 1984 between the
Mozambican governmentMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest. It was explored by Vasco da Gama in 1498...
and the apartheid government of the Republic of South Africa. The event took place at the South African town of
KomatipoortKomatipoort is a town situated at the confluence of the Crocodile and Komati Rivers in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is one of South Africa's hottest towns, with winter's average a perfect 26°C moving to a summer average of 33°C ....
with the signatories being
Samora MachelSamora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader and eventual President of Mozambique...
and PW Botha. Despite repeated pleas from Machel for leaders of other SADCC nations to attend, the complete absence of any such heads of state demonstrated the derision the Accord was viewed with from these nations. The treaty's stated focus was on preventing Mozambique from supporting the
African National CongressThe African National Congress has been South Africa's governing party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a "disciplined...
(ANC) on the one hand, and South Africa from supplying the Mozambican National Resistance (ReNaMo), on the other.
However, while Machel only partially honored commitments to expel various ANC members from his territory, the South African government continued to funnel arms and other supplies to ReNaMo, allowing their destabilization of the South East African country to continue apace. A permanent peace accord (the
Rome General Peace AccordsThe Rome General Peace Accords between the Mozambican Civil War parties, the Frelimo and the Renamo , put an end to the Mozambique Civil War. It was signed on October 4, 1992. Negotiations preceding in began in July 1990...
) finally ended the brutal 12 year RENAMO insurgency in 1992 and was supervised by ONUMOZ until 1994.