After the apartheid era ended and the ANC came to dominate South African politics during the 1990s, relations between Malawi and South Africa threatened to take a downward turn, but a Malawian task force spearheaded by Malawian diplomatic envoys to South Africa and representatives in Malawi, including former diplomat arranged for a meeting between the two governments which resulted in Nelson Mandela's first official visit to Malawi as president of the ANC in the early 1990s
Nthawi ya chitsamunda itatha ndipo chipani cha ANC chili ndi mphamvu mu ndale za South Africa muzaka zamma 1990, ubale pakati pa Malawi ndi South Africa unali pachiopsezo chosokenekera koma mthumwi za dziko la Malawi motsogozedwa ndi akazembe a dziko la Malawi ku South Africa ndi ena oyimira dziko la Malawi, kuphatikizirapo kazembe wakale anakonza mkumano pakati pa maboma awiriwa zomwe zinachititsa kuti Nelson Mandela adzacheze ku Malawi kwanthawi yoyamba ngati mtsogoleri wa ANC kumayambiliro kwa zaka zamma 1990