Dossier MZ-0007, part 6, Photo Gallery
Above: A panoramic view of the installations at the Nkomati River, where the ceremonial signing of the Nkomati Accord took place on 16 March 1984.
Above: President Samora Machel and P. W. Botha at the Nkomati signing ceremony. Below: The “first ladies”, Graça Machel (b.1945) and Elise Botha (1922-1997) at the Nkomati ceremony.
Above: Invited guests arriving at the site of the Nkomati Accord signing ceremony on the banks of the Nkomati river (the South African industrialist Harry Oppenheimer is on the far right in the picture). Below: A Mozambican female cultural group awaiting their turn to perform.
Above: Invited spectators sitting in the sun during the Nkomati Accord signing ceremony, which ran from 10h00 in the morning until 14h20 in the afternoon. Below: South African invitees sheltering under parasols, but nevertheless apparently in cheerful mood.