After the assassination, some leaders in the anti-apartheid movement distanced themselves from any association with Tsafendas. However, others like Johnny Makhatini leader of the ANC in Algiers, hailed the assassination as "the beginning of the end for apartheid" and said it would "help the morale of guerrilla fighters in South Africa (and) increase confusion among whites". Also in Algiers, Nkomo, the representative of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) said that "the attack... proved the vulnerability of this fascist empire" and Uazuvara Ewald Katjivena, representative of SWAPO (South West African People's Organization) declared that "the fascist Dr. Verwoerd got what he deserved". Kenya's Minister of Defence, Dr. Njoroge Mungai, said when he first heard about the stabbing, "I hope it is successful. It would be a good thing," and the ruling Kenya African National Union declared that force would be the ultimate method of overthrowing apartheid and characterised the assassination as "a symbolic and heartening act, from which millions suffering from apartheid would draw hope". People in Nigeria and Uganda danced in the streets with joy when they heard the news of the assassination.