5 Quotes & Sayings By Oliver Tambo

Oliver Reginald Tambo was the leader of the South African liberation movement during the apartheid era. He was a prominent leader in the African National Congress (ANC) and was the first president of the post-apartheid South Africa, serving from 1994 to 1999. He was also President of the ANC from 1960 until 1991. As well as being a leader in the ANC, Tambo served as president of the Pan Africanist Congress, served as Deputy President of South Africa from 1983 to 1989, and was also a member of the South African Parliament Read more

After his retirement from politics, he was awarded various national honors for his work including being given a lifetime honorary doctorate by Stellenbosch University, an honorary doctorate by Stellenbosch University in 1990, by Stellenbosch University in 1993 and by Stellenbosch University in 1998.

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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans. Oliver Tambo
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We had to forge an alliance of strength based not on colour but on commitment to the total abolition of apartheid and oppression; we would seek allies, of whatever colour, as long as they were totally agreed on our liberation aims. Oliver Tambo
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. Oliver Tambo
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. Oliver Tambo