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Oliver Tambo
Tambo in 1981
10th President of the African National Congress
In office
May 1985 – 7 July 1991
Acting: 21 July 1967 – May 1985
DeputyNelson Mandela
Preceded byAlbert Luthuli
Succeeded byNelson Mandela
Personal details
Born
Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo

(1917-10-27)27 October 1917
Nkantolo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Died24 April 1993(1993-04-24) (aged 75)
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Resting placeBenoni, Gauteng
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Spouse
Adelaide Tshukudu
(m. 1956)
Children4, including Dali Tambo and Thembi Tambo
Alma materUniversity of Fort Hare
Occupation
  • Teacher
  • lawyer
  • activist
Known forInternal resistance to apartheid
NicknameO.R. Tambo

Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.

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armed struggle. The Revolutionary Council was chaired by ANC president Oliver Tambo throughout its lifespan, and other members included (with approximate...

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UMkhonto weSizwe

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the Soviet Union also contributed some instructors at the request of Oliver Tambo; between 1976 and 1991, 200 Soviet military personnel served at various...

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completed her diplomatic training. Tambo was part of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Tambo is the daughter of Oliver Tambo. She attended the dedication of a...

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University of Fort Hare

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well-known people including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Robert Sobukwe, Oliver Tambo, and others. Originally, Fort Hare was a British fort in the wars between...

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Dali Tambo

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Against Apartheid. Dali Tambo is the son of Oliver Tambo, former president of the African National Congress, and Adelaide Tambo. Tambo attended Lancing College...

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African National Congress

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generation of activists, among them Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, and Oliver Tambo. After the National Party was elected into government in 1948 on a platform...

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Oliver Tambo Heritage House

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Mandela and Tambo was a South African law firm established by Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo in Johannesburg in late 1952. It was the first "Attorney...

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OR Tambo District Municipality

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inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. The district is named after Oliver Tambo. The district code is DC15. OR Tambo is surrounded by: Alfred Nzo District (DC44) to the...

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History of the African National Congress

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had been led by a new generation of leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, and Walter Sisulu. In 1955, it signed the Freedom Charter, which – along...

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48th National Conference of the African National Congress

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Internal resistance to apartheid

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Youth League (ANCYL) in 1949. Led by Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo, elected to the ANC's National Executive that year, the ANCYL advocated...

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Thabo Mbeki

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through the organisation in its information and publicity section and as Oliver Tambo's protégé, but he was also an experienced diplomat, serving as the ANC's...

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Anton Lembede

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Lembede had a strong influence on Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo. Lembede was regarded as the progenitor of the "Programme of Action"...

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African National Congress Youth League

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house by Anton Lembede, A.P. Mda, Jordan Ngubane, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. Its founders felt that ANC was dominated by conservative and older generation...

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Mangosuthu Buthelezi

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was mentored by Inkosi Albert Luthuli, and I worked closely with Mr Oliver Tambo and Mr Nelson Mandela. My personal history cannot be extricated from...

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Mahlamba Ndlopfu

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official residence of the Deputy President, Oliver Tambo House, is also located on the Bryntirion Estate. Oliver Tambo House is currently occupied by Paul Mashatile...

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Walter Sisulu

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anti-Apartheid revolutionary activism. He had a close partnership with Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, with whom he played a key role in organising the...

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Moses Mabhida

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NEC at the ANC's Lobatse conference in October 1962, he was asked by Oliver Tambo to devote himself to the development of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto...

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Eastern Cape

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Cape is home to many anti-apartheid leaders such as Robert Sobukwe, Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Winnie Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Alfred Xuma...

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Morogoro Conference

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in the leadership of Oliver Tambo, who had been acting as the organisation's president without a clear democratic mandate. Tambo closed the conference...

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Samora Machel

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At a rally in Maputo's independence square, he embraced ANC leader Oliver Tambo and declared "They want to come here and commit murder. So we say: Let...

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