Yesterday, we started the week by commemorating the 30th anniversary of the passing of Oliver Reginald Tambo on 24 April 1993. The Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation commemorated the day by screening the 2019 documentary: The Jewel in our Crown which delves into the mind of the master diplomat, whose vision and foresight created the network of global alliances that constituted the anti-apartheid movement, the largest solidarity movement in history.



His death took place two weeks after the assissination of Chris Hani and shook the nation to its core. During the his funeral on 2 May 1993, former President Nelson Mandela reflected: “Oliver lived not because he did all the things that all of us as ordinary men and women do. Oliver lived because he had surrendered his very being to the people. He lived because his very being embodied love, an idea, a hope, an aspiration, a vision.” 



“While he lived, our minds would never quite formulate the thought that this man is other than what the naked eye could see. We could sense it, but never crystallise the thought that with us was one of the few people who inhabited our own human environment, who could be described as the jewel in our crown. I say that Oliver Tambo has not died, because the ideals for which he sacrificed his life can never die.”



Let us listen to the trailer of this film which feature the voices of Albie Sachs, Frene Ginwala, Mavuso Msimang, Lord Peter Hain, Max Sisulu, Graca Machel, Pallo Jordan, Prof. Ben Turok, Ambassador Lindiwe Mabuza, former President Thabo Mbeki and many more.

In light of this, we wanted to speak to somebody who could not only reflect on his legacy as an architect of our freedom today but his role as a father and family man. We are joined by…



Guest: Ambassador Nomatemba Tambo - High Commissioner for the Republic of South Africa to the United Kingdom | Daughter of Oliver Reginald Tambo

Yesterday, we started the week by commemorating the 30th anniversary of the passing of Oliver Reginald Tambo on 24 April 1993. The Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation commemorated the day by screening the 2019 documentary: The Jewel in our Crown which delves into the mind of the master diplomat, whose vision and foresight created the network of global alliances that constituted the anti-apartheid movement, the largest solidarity movement in history.
 
His death took place two weeks after the assissination of Chris Hani and shook the nation to its core. During the his funeral on 2 May 1993, former President Nelson Mandela reflected: “Oliver lived not because he did all the things that all of us as ordinary men and women do. Oliver lived because he had surrendered his very being to the people. He lived because his very being embodied love, an idea, a hope, an aspiration, a vision.” 
 
“While he lived, our minds would never quite formulate the thought that this man is other than what the naked eye could see. We could sense it, but never crystallise the thought that with us was one of the few people who inhabited our own human environment, who could be described as the jewel in our crown. I say that Oliver Tambo has not died, because the ideals for which he sacrificed his life can never die.”
 
Let us listen to the trailer of this film which feature the voices of Albie Sachs, Frene Ginwala, Mavuso Msimang, Lord Peter Hain, Max Sisulu, Graca Machel, Pallo Jordan, Prof. Ben Turok, Ambassador Lindiwe Mabuza, former President Thabo Mbeki and many more.
In light of this, we wanted to speak to somebody who could not only reflect on his legacy as an architect of our freedom today but his role as a father and family man. We are joined by…
 
Guest: Ambassador Nomatemba Tambo - High Commissioner for the Republic of South Africa to the United Kingdom | Daughter of Oliver Reginald Tambo

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