Chairperson I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that Tuesday, 27 October, marked the day on which former ANC President Oliver Reginald Tambo was born 92 years ago;
2) further notes that O R, as he was affectionately known, was among the founding members of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944 and became its first National Secretary;
3) recalls that in the ANCYL, Tambo teamed up with Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Ashby Mda, Anton Lembede, Dr William Nkomo, Dr C M Majombozi and others to bring a bold new spirit of militancy into the ANC, which transformed it from an organisation that held public meetings and occasionally petitioned the government, to a campaigning movement that would draw large numbers of people through mass actions involving civil disobedience, strikes, boycotts and other forms of non-violent resistance;
4) recognises that -
a) among Black South African leaders, Oliver Tambo was probably the most highly respected on the African continent, in Europe, Asia and the Americas;
b) during his stewardship of the ANC he raised the ANC's international prestige and status to that of an alternative to the Pretoria government; and
c) he was received with the protocol reserved for Heads of State in many parts of the world; and
5) acknowledges the important contribution Oliver Tambo has made to the growth and development of the ANC and its policies, and that these policies today form the foundation upon which the democratic Constitution, government and legislature rest.
Agreed to.