A few hours after the hanging of the three ANC militants, the movement's President, Oliver Tambo, reaffirmed in an interview with Le Monde the ANC's determination to pursue the armed struggle until final victory is achieved over the apartheid regime.
Nobody can stop that cause, for which so many people have already fallen, from triumphing.
Each murder, each hanging, each massacre merely feeds the desire for revenge and mobilises us. The danger lies in the fact that the South African whites are not allowed to know what is really happening in the country. They are likely to be taken completely by surprise. We have explored all peaceful methods. For the past 20 years we have resorted to prudent and selective violence.