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The City has honoured a fallen ANC stalwart with an artwork, situated at the Beyers Naudé Square in the CBD. On 7 June, Executive Mayor Parks Tau, launched The Colossus artwork which celebrates the life of struggle icon, Oliver Reginald Tambo. The Colossus consists of angled concrete...

In partnership with The Wits School of Governance, the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation will be hosting a series of 10 public debates, scheduled to span over 15 months and focussing on the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP). The first debate was hosted...

The inaugaral OR Tambo Memorial Lecture was given by His Excellency Dr Jacob G Zuma, President of South Africa on the 24th of October 2011 at the launch of the foundations. In 2012 the lecture was delivered by Former President Thabo Mbeki on 19th October...

The fourth of the OR Tambo Debate Series on Implementing the National Development Plan was held last week at the University of Witwatersrand’s (Wits) School of Governance. It addressed the role of education in relation to the NDP’s overarching goals of eliminating poverty, reducing inequality...

The Choral Festival will be held on the 18th and 19th of October in 2014, and forms part of the many activities held to celebrate the life of O.R Tambo, who had a love and passion for choral music. He was a member in the...