I don't know if these will come through. So far there is nothing on the web site.
VC On 26 October 2012 18:12, Phillip Shabalala <[email protected]> wrote: > Cde VC is it possible that we can get also the presentation of the > International Solidarity Conference in Tshwane that it's beginning just > after Oliver Tambo lecture? > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 26 Oct 2012, at 4:59 PM, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > > * > <ANC no letters.jpg> > > University of Pretoria, Tshwane,* *26 October 2012* > ** ** > *Centenary Lecture delivered by President of the African National Congress > * > ** > ** > *Comrade Jacob Zuma* > ** ** > *on the legacy of* > ** ** > *President Oliver Reginald Tambo***** > ** ** > ** ** > *Deputy President of the ANC and all ANC Officials, ** > **Former President Chissano and all Former Heads of State and Government, > ** > **Members of the National Executive Committee, ** > **Gauteng Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile and the Gauteng PEC, ** > **Leadership of the Tripartite Alliance; ** > **The Tambo Family; ** > **Esteemed recipients and nominees of the Order of Companions of OR Tambo* > * > ** Our Esteemed International Guests; ** > **Members of the diplomatic corps,* > ** > ** > *Comrades and friends,* > ** ** > It is with utmost humility and respect that I stand here to deliver > Comrade President OR Tambo memorial lecture during the 3rd International > Solidarity Conference. > ** ** > If this colossus we are honouring was with us today, he would have been > delighted to see that the International Solidarity Conference is being > hosted in Pretoria in the city of Tshwane, which used to be the citadel of > white supremacy. > ** ** > In his opening address to the 2nd International Solidarity Conference, > which took place in the city of Johannesburg in 1993, Comrade OR stated; > ** ** > > “*We meet in the land of apartheid to discuss what next we should do > finally to end apartheid. It would perhaps have been right for us to meet > in Pretoria, firmly to make the point that soon the country will be under > new management*”. **** > > ** ** > Indeed, the new management hereby extends a warm welcome to all our > friends and comrades from around the world who have joined us for the > solidarity conference. > ** ** > It is often said of the first President of independent Ghana, Kwame > Nkrumah that he is a reminder, not of what Africa is, but of what Africa > should become. > > In the same vein, President Tambo remains a symbol of what a free and > democratic South Africa should be like through his legacy of selflessness, > humility and supreme love for this country and its people. **** > ** ** > Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo was, still is and will always be the pride > of the ANC. That is why we are gathered here this morning to reflect on his > legacy. > ** ** > President Tambo was born on 27 October 1917 in Mbizana, in eastern > Mpondoland in what was then the Cape Province. He would be turning 95 years > old on his birthday tomorrow, had we been graced with a few more years of > his life. > ** ** > He was among the founding members of the ANC Youth League in 1944, and > became its first National Secretary. > ** ** > Together with Comrades Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Ashby Mda, Anton > Lembede, Dr William Nkomo, Dr C.M. Majombozi and others - they were > instrumental in the transformation of the ANC. > ** ** > They infused the organisation with new ideas and changed it to become a > progressive and potent tool in the hands of our people in the struggle for > liberation. > **** > President Tambo bears the distinction of having been the longest serving > President of the ANC. When Chief Luthuli died, he became acting President > for a long period of time until he was formally elected to the position by > the NEC at the time. > ** ** > He led the organisation during one of the most difficult and trying > moments of the liberation struggle. > ** ** > The ANC had been banned and had gone underground. As the Deputy President > he had been asked to go and establish the external mission of the ANC, > which had declared the armed struggle in 1961. MK cadres had to be > trained in different countries and after training they had to come back to > undertake military operations. > ** ** > The enemy dealt a heavy blow to our movement in 1963. Its core leaders > were arrested and later sentenced to life imprisonment, among them the > Rivonia Trialists. > ** ** > The then President-General, Chief Albert Luthuli, was confined to > Groutville in KZN under terrible restrictions and banning orders. > ** ** > Provincial leadership as well as regional and small units of MK and > underground structures were also dealt a heavy blow through detentions. > ** ** > Things had to change. The external mission had to become the main centre > of the movement. And indeed, that happened. > ** ** > President Tambo became the glue that held the many facets of the ANC > together during that difficult period. If the ANC is a broad church, > President Tambo became a capable pastor to all the strands. > ** ** > And how was this possible? What exactly does Tambo represent to us? > ** ** > It is both difficult and impossible to capture the essence of such a life > as that of President Tambo in any number of words and conceptualization. > ** ** > However, some of the attributes that immediately come to mind when one > thinks of President Tambo are the following:** ** > > - discipline in thought and in action. > > > - Highly principled. > > > - nationalism and internationalism. > > > - non-racialism and non-sexism. > > > - dedication to the freedom of all. > > > - Fearlessness and foresight. > > > - Humble servant, empowering leader and democrat. > > > - integrity > > > - persuader and diplomat par excellence > > > - Pioneer - from the youth league to the mission in exile > > > - the ability to give and also take advice and draw strength from > others. > > > - a dedicated husband to Mama Adelaide and a good father to the > children.**** > > ** ** > These qualities were demonstrated in various ways as he built the movement > and its cadres, thus contributing to some of its tried and tested > traditions and character. > ** ** > It is more from him that we learned to operate as a collective. The > discipline of the collective remains a fundamental trait of disciplined > cadres of the ANC. > ** ** > It was also under his leadership that the ANC developed a culture of > taking its decisions through consensus. > ** ** > He was an also exceptionally good listener. Many of those who worked with > him in exile can attest to this notion that OR had a capacity to listen to > all points of views before he could take any critical decision. > ** ** > Hence the meetings of the National Executive Committee ran for a week. > ** ** > He also believed passionately in building leadership and capacity within > the ANC. Many of those who became leaders of the ANC in the post-liberation > period were personally groomed and developed by him. > ** ** > It was his leadership style as well that made a success of the > consultative Morogoro Conference of 1969, which symbolised the ANC’s > ability to transcend divisive tendencies. > ** ** > The conference also symbolised the triumph of non-racialism as the key > principle of the organisation and the Alliance. > ** ** > It was also Tambo’s force of example which calmed tempers in the camps > when disputes about basic necessities, discontent with some leaders and > ill-advised eagerness to go back to South Africa to fight surfaced. > ** ** > The leadership that he provided to Umkhonto Wesizwe as commander in chief > of the people’s army was inspiring to many young freedom fighters. > ** ** > In early 1967, when the Revolutionary Council decided on the first > military campaign to South Africa, the Wankie Campaign, Oliver Tambo > accompanied the fighters right down to the Zambian bank of the Zambezi > River, accompanied by Thomas Nkobi.[1] <#13a9dd91f5feec4f__ftn1> > ** ** > This gesture demonstrated support and more profoundly that he was one of > them. > ** ** > At every stage of our Movement, his hand could be detected. > ** ** > Throughout all the critical decades from the 60s, 70s, 80s to our return > home in 1990, President Tambo worked tirelessly in the pursuit of freedom. > ** ** > On 8 January 1985, he delivered his most dramatic speech calling on people > to *‘Render South Africa Ungovernable’*, following the July 1985 State of > Emergency. > ** ** > When the time came to engage the enemy, in President Tambo we were > fortunate to have a leader who was able to chart the way forward towards > a negotiated settlement. > ** ** > At that time, many were still finding it difficult to accept that there > would be no dramatic seizure of power. > > He understood at the time that the apartheid regime was irreversibly > cornered by the forces of liberation led by the ANC. > ** ** > He had come to know this through his own political work and various > reports he had received - > > -- > You are subscribed. 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