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Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
10 June 2019
(Extract) We are gathered here to pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief in the freedom of the people...
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O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
10 June 2019
Question: How did the Luanda summit go? TAMBO: This has been a very important meeting for a number of reasons. The...
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Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
10 June 2019
Mr President,  Your Excellencies,  Distinguished guests and delegates, In the evolution of mankind, human...
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A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
10 June 2019
Comrade President Agostinho Neto,  Comrade Members of the Presidium of the Congress,  Comrades Militants a...
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An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
10 June 2019
My dear Aung San Su Kyi I am now elderly, decrepit and formally retired, but breaking my vow to remain silent on public...
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South Africa After Soweto - O. R. Tambo Interviewed to World Marxist Review, February 1978
10 June 2019
TAMBO: The events in Soweto and other parts of South Africa have become a significant milestone in the development of th...
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We Shall Win - Statement at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to launch the International Anti-Apartheid year by O. R. Tambo, New York, 21 March 1978
10 June 2019
Thirty-three years have passed since the Second World War came to an end with the defeat of Nazi Germany and her allies....
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Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
10 June 2019
My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our ...
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Message to the People of South Africa on the 67th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1979
10 June 2019
Fellow countrymen,  Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country,...
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Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
10 June 2019
Dear Friends and Comrades, We bring you greetings on behalf of the African National Congress, the cadres of Umkhon...
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Dr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations
10 June 2019
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Letter to Ayatollah Khomeini by O. R. Tambo, Iran, 13 February 1979
10 June 2019
Maputo,  People's Republic of Mozambique,  February 13, 1979 His Excellency Ayatollah Khomeini,(2)  ...
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Speech on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 21 April 1979
10 June 2019
We greet you all in the name of the liberation movements of southern Africa, in the name of SWAPO of Namibia, the Patrio...
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Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
10 June 2019
Your Majesties,  Your Excellencies,  Distinguished Delegates,  Mr. Chairman, President Comrade Fide...
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South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
10 June 2019
She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then foll...
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