South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (1917–1993)
"OR Tambo" redirects here. For other uses, see OR Tambo (disambiguation).
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
Deputy
Nelson Mandela
Preceded by
Albert Luthuli
Succeeded by
Nelson Mandela
Personal details
Born
Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo
(1917-10-27)27 October 1917 Nkantolo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Died
24 April 1993(1993-04-24) (aged 75) Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Resting place
Benoni, Gauteng
Political party
African National Congress
Spouse
Adelaide Tshukudu
(m. 1956)
Children
4, including Dali Tambo and Thembi Tambo
Alma mater
University of Fort Hare
Occupation
Teacher
lawyer
activist
Known for
Internal resistance to apartheid
Nickname
O.R. Tambo
Part of a series on
Apartheid
Events
1948 general election
Coloured vote constitutional crisis
1956 Treason Trial
Sharpeville massacre
Rivonia Trial
Soweto uprising
Church Street, Pretoria bombing
Vaal uprising
Trojan Horse Incident
Khotso House bombing
Cape Town peace march
CODESA
Assassination of Chris Hani
Saint James Church massacre
1994 Bophuthatswana crisis
Shell House massacre
Organisations
ANC
APLA
IFP
AWB
BBB
Black Sash
CCB
Conservative Party
DP
ECC
FOSATU
PP
RP
PFP
HNP
MK
PAC
UDF
Broederbond
National Party
COSATU
Security Branch
SACC
SADF
SAIC
SAMA
SAP
SACP
State Security Council
People
Vernon Berrangé
P. W. Botha
Steve Biko
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
F. W. de Klerk
Ruth First
Bram Fischer
Arthur Goldreich
Chris Hani
Bantu Holomisa
Joel Joffe
Ahmed Kathrada
Albert Luthuli
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Mac Maharaj
D. F. Malan
Nelson Mandela
Govan Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki
Raymond Mhlaba
Benjamin Moloise
Albertina Sisulu
Walter Sisulu
J. G. Strijdom
Joe Slovo
Robert Sobukwe
Helen Suzman
Adelaide Tambo
Oliver Tambo
Eugène Terre'Blanche
Desmond Tutu
H. F. Verwoerd
B. J. Vorster
Jacob Zuma
Places
Bantustan
District Six
Robben Island
Sophiatown
South-West Africa
Soweto
Sun City
Vlakplaas
Related topics
Afrikaner nationalism
Apartheid in popular culture
Apartheid legislation
Cape Qualified Franchise
Disinvestment campaign
Freedom Charter
Internal resistance to apartheid
Kairos Document
Music in the movement against apartheid
Nostalgia for apartheid
Project Coast
Sullivan Principles
Category
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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.
Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of...
involved in South African politics for five decades and was married to OliverTambo, president of the African National Congress (ANC), from 1967 to 1991...
presenter and also son of OliverTambo and Adelaide TamboOliverTambo (1917–1993), South African anti-apartheid activist Thembi Tambo, British-South African...
president. The official living residences of the deputy president are OliverTambo House in Pretoria, Highstead, in Cape Town and Dr John L Dube House in...
armed struggle. The Revolutionary Council was chaired by ANC president OliverTambo throughout its lifespan, and other members included (with approximate...
dormitory, befriending his own kinsman, K. D. Matanzima, as well as OliverTambo, who became a close friend and comrade for decades to come. He took up...
the Soviet Union also contributed some instructors at the request of OliverTambo; between 1976 and 1991, 200 Soviet military personnel served at various...
completed her diplomatic training. Tambo was part of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Tambo is the daughter of OliverTambo. She attended the dedication of a...
well-known people including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Robert Sobukwe, OliverTambo, and others. Originally, Fort Hare was a British fort in the wars between...
Against Apartheid. Dali Tambo is the son of OliverTambo, former president of the African National Congress, and Adelaide Tambo. Tambo attended Lancing College...
generation of activists, among them Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, and OliverTambo. After the National Party was elected into government in 1948 on a platform...
OliverTambo Heritage House, is a national monument in Lusaka, Zambia located in the Avondale area along the Great East Road. It is the former home of...
Mandela and Tambo was a South African law firm established by Nelson Mandela and OliverTambo in Johannesburg in late 1952. It was the first "Attorney...
inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. The district is named after OliverTambo. The district code is DC15. OR Tambo is surrounded by: Alfred Nzo District (DC44) to the...
had been led by a new generation of leaders, including Nelson Mandela, OliverTambo, and Walter Sisulu. In 1955, it signed the Freedom Charter, which – along...
Nelson Mandela to the ANC presidency, which since 1967 had been held by OliverTambo. Notably, the conference elected trade unionist Cyril Ramaphosa as secretary...
Youth League (ANCYL) in 1949. Led by Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela and OliverTambo, elected to the ANC's National Executive that year, the ANCYL advocated...
through the organisation in its information and publicity section and as OliverTambo's protégé, but he was also an experienced diplomat, serving as the ANC's...
Lembede had a strong influence on Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and OliverTambo. Lembede was regarded as the progenitor of the "Programme of Action"...
house by Anton Lembede, A.P. Mda, Jordan Ngubane, Nelson Mandela and OliverTambo. Its founders felt that ANC was dominated by conservative and older generation...
was mentored by Inkosi Albert Luthuli, and I worked closely with Mr OliverTambo and Mr Nelson Mandela. My personal history cannot be extricated from...
official residence of the Deputy President, OliverTambo House, is also located on the Bryntirion Estate. OliverTambo House is currently occupied by Paul Mashatile...
anti-Apartheid revolutionary activism. He had a close partnership with OliverTambo and Nelson Mandela, with whom he played a key role in organising the...
NEC at the ANC's Lobatse conference in October 1962, he was asked by OliverTambo to devote himself to the development of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto...
Cape is home to many anti-apartheid leaders such as Robert Sobukwe, OliverTambo, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Winnie Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Alfred Xuma...
in the leadership of OliverTambo, who had been acting as the organisation's president without a clear democratic mandate. Tambo closed the conference...
At a rally in Maputo's independence square, he embraced ANC leader OliverTambo and declared "They want to come here and commit murder. So we say: Let...