1985 January 5 Sen. Edward Kennedy begins a visit to South Africa at the invitation of Noble Peace Prize recipient Bishop Desmond Tutu and forcefully speaks out against the country's apartheid system. Many South African blacks cheer him, however, the Azanian People's Organization (Azapo), a radical black group that is opposed to any cooperation with whites in their antiapartheid struggle, followed the Senator's tour and jeered him at every speaking event.Kennedy visited Winnie Mandela, the wife of jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela, but his request to meet with the imprisoned leader was refused by the government.