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Tambo, Oliver
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Tambo, Oliver

(born Oct. 27, 1917, Bizana, S.Af.—died April 24, 1993, Johannesburg) President (1969–91) of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC). In 1944, with Nelson Mandela and others, he cofounded the Youth League of the ANC. He became the ANC's deputy president in 1958 and was forced into exile in Zambia when it was banned in 1960. He was elected ANC president in 1969 after the death of Albert Lutuli. He returned to South Africa in ill health in 1990 and yielded the party presidency to Mandela.



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A fantastic South African holiday combination includes Sun City and a malaria free South Africa safari in the Northern Province nearby Arriving at Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, you will arrive in Sun City just 2 hours later A fantastic South African holiday combination includes Sun City and a malaria free South Africa safari in the Northern Province nearby.
President, Steve Biko, Oliver Tambo, Chris Hani, the Mxenges, the Slovosac to mention but a few anti-apartheid heroes must have listened to the speech to the JBD and wondered what happened to the universal values and human rights espoused by the ANC.
Travelling through Johannesburg's Oliver Tambo International Airport last February, I was fascinated to see that the Gautrain was so close to completion.
 
 
 
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