Speeches and Public Statements

Speech by Oliver Tambo at meeting in London, 21 March 1980
Speech by Oliver Tambo on signing Declaration, on behalf of the ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, adhering to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977, at the headquarters of International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 28 November 1980
Speech by Oliver Tambo accepting the 1979 Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding on behalf of Nelson Mandela, New Delhi, 14 November 1980
’The beast is in the open’, Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the struggle of the Namibian People, Unesco House Paris, 13 September 1980
’Church and our Struggle’, Statement by Oliver Tambo at the World Consultation of the World Council of Churches, Holland, 16-21 June 1980
‘In the belly of the beast’, Speech at Conference of the International Committee against apartheid, racism and colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA), Stockholm, 1 April 1980
Message by Oliver Tambo to the people of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the African National Congress, 8 January 1980
Opening Speech by Oliver Tambo at the International Solidarity Conference, on the theme “From Apartheid to Peace, Democracy and Development”, Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
Speech by OR Tambo on the occasion of installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 19 October 1991
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, London, 24 May 1991
Speech by Oliver Tambo at an ANC rally after the close of the National Consultative Conference, 16 December 1990
Opening address by Oliver Tambo to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
President OR Tambo`s opening address to the ANC`s 48th National Conference, Durban, 2 July 1991
Speech by Oiver Tambo at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, 3 September 1979
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Lusaka, 21 April 1979
’The spirit of Bandung’, Statement by Oliver Tambo to the International Conference in support of the liberation movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States, Lusaka, 10 April 1979
’A future free of exploitation’, Address by Oliver Tambo to the first Congress of Mpla, Luanda, 12 December 1977
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London, 8 May 1977
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the extended meeting of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, 1 April 1975
Statement by Oliver Tambo at meeting to commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to condemn the 600-year alliance between Britain and Portugal, London, 20 June 1973
Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee on its tenth anniversary, New York, 2 April 1973
’Black reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973’, Statement by Oliver Tambo to the annual meeting of the African Studies Association, Syracuse, 1 March 1973
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the Sixtieth anniversary of the African National Congress, Lusaka, 8 January 1972
Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1971
”Make accomplices of apartheid account for their conduct”, Statement at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, New York, 12 March 1964 by Oliver Tambo
‘United Nations must take action to Destroy Apartheid’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 29 October 1963
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
”Racial problems in South Africa”, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the second Pan-African Youth Seminar Dar Es Salaam, 5 August 1961
Statement by Oliver Tambo at Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam concerning sentences in the Rivonia Trial
I Did What was Right’ Statement from the Dock by Bram Fischer after the conclusion of the Rivonia Trial, 1966
Speech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
Statement of the President of the ANC Nelson R. Mandela at his inauguration as President of the Democratic Republic of South Africa Union buildings, 10 May 1994
’UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!’
Memorandum to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development and Bantu Education by Soweto Black Community Leaders, written by M. T. Moerane,June 29, 1976 (abridged)
Uprising that shaped an entire generation by Zwelinzima Vavi’s - Workers assembly
The honour to serve: memories of the June 16 MK Detachment by Lincoln Ngculu (James Makhaya)