Master of Ceremonies Cde Thoko Didiza,
The family of the late President of the ANC Cde OR Tambo,
The President of the ANC and our Republic Cde Cyril Ramaphosa,
The leadership of the National executive Committee of the ANC
present,
The leadership of the National Executive Committee of the ANC
Veterans League present,
The leadership of the National Executive Committee of the ANC
women’s League present,
The leadership of the National Executive Committee of the ANC
Youth League present,
The leadership of the Central Committee of the South African
Communist Party present,
The leadership of the Central Committee of the Congress of the
South African Trade Union present,
The leadership of the National Executive Committee of the South
African Civic Organization,

Cde Nathi Mthethwa, the chairperson of the Sub-Committee of
political education and other members present,
The principal of OR Tambo School of Leadership Cde David
Masondo,
Former Presidents of the ANC and the country Cde Thabo Mbeki
and Jacob Zuma,
The Secretary General of the ZANU- PF Cde Obed Mpofu and his
entourage present,
The Secretary General of the Jubilee Party Cde Raphael Tuju and
his entourage present,
Deputy Director of FRELIMO Party School Cde Dr Ana Nhapule
and her entourage present,
The Secretary General of Botswana Democratic Party Cde Mpho
Balopi,
The President of Basotho National Party Cde Thesele Maseribane,
Members of the Diplomatic Core,
Members of Parliament, Provincial Legislatures and Councillors,
The leadership of Umkhonto we Ziswe Military Veterans
Association,
The leadership of our Progressive Youth Formations,
The leadership of the institution of traditional leaders,
The leadership of the institutions of traditional healers.
The leadership of the church community,
The leadership of the business community,
Representatives of the media houses,
Distinguished guests and friends,
Comrades and Compatriots,

Our profound gratitude and appreciation embrace all of you gathered here today during this rare occasion of great historical significance. On behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), we welcome you to this solemn occasion of the official launch of the Oliver Reginald Tambo
School of Leadership.

We are indeed humbled to welcome you to this rare historic event, dedicated to one of our outstanding sons, whose name is engraved in the epitaph of the pantheons of the struggle for the liberation of our country and of human society, Cde President Oliver Reginald Tambo. He indeed belongs to those of the few and the better, to
those sons and daughters of our soil, whose names are emboldened in the glorious path of the heroic history of the struggle
of our people.

Comrade President OR was one the towering giants of our struggle, and the longest serving President of our national Liberation Movement. A humble servant of the people who no words can describe the pathos of his outstanding feats and his contribution towards the noble cause of our struggle for freedom and dignity.

 

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