as part of the tripartite accord, the african national congress, the marxist-leaning guerrilla/freedom movement conducting guerrilla attacks in south africa to end apartheid, would remove its bases from angola and no longer received support from the angolan mpla. the anc moved its operations to zambia and uganda. later, the anc also dropped its marxist philosophy and was accepted into the wider south african democratic movement, which supported political change in the country.