Today, 34 years ago, on January 29, 1991 (Lunar Calendar, December 14, 1990), Mandela and Bouteflika met for the first time. Picture: Mandela and Bouteflika met in Durban on January 29, 1991, when long-awaited African Vice President Nelson-Mandela met with hostile Zulu Inca leader Mango Soto Gashi Bouteflika. The first meeting between the two leaders in 30 years was seen as an important step in easing tensions between the Democratic Republic of Korea and Inca supporters. The tensions between the two sides in the previous months have taken the lives of thousands of blacks in some towns.