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Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 25 June 1985
10 June 2019
Question: The ANC lays great emphasis on unity. How do you see the question of unity with such groups as PAC and other s...
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Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017
10 June 2019
At first, James Motlatsi was wary of Cyril Ramaphosa. He wasn't sure if the young lawyer, who grew up in Soweto, was ge...
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Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
10 June 2019
Mr. Chairman,  Honourable Heads of State and Government,  Distinguished Leaders of Delegations,  Ex...
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Address to the Nation on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 22 July 1985
10 June 2019
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersr...
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ANC Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 16 August 1985
10 June 2019
Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant reaffirmation by P.W. Botha...
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Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
10 June 2019
On behalf of the South African Youth Congress, whose leadership is working under most precarious conditions inside South...
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“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
10 June 2019
“We cannot keep digressing and hiding behind the truth, saying ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such thing. If we have t...
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O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
10 June 2019
HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a communist, terrorist-type organisation, almost presente...
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Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
10 June 2019
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, Honourable Ministers, Premiers, Deputy Ministers, MECs and Mayors, Honourable Lead...
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Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
10 June 2019
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have b...
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Botha's British Allies by O. R. Tambo(Observer), London, 10 November 1985
10 June 2019
When the Pretoria regime imposed new restrictions on the press a week ago, it was in the hope that by pushing the ugly r...
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Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990
10 June 2019
Today, Pretoria's President, F.W. de Klerk, made important announcements which go a long way towards creating a climate ...
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Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
10 June 2019
I salute you all from a land far away on this great occasion, the relaunch of the African National Congress Women's Leag...
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Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
10 June 2019
The Chairperson,  Deputy President Comrade Nelson Mandela,  Members of the National Executive Committee,&n...
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Introductory Statement on the Presentation of the Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 79th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1991
10 June 2019
Compatriots, Today we mark the 79th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress. We do so as a legal ...
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