Hon Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on this day, 27 October 1917, Oliver Tambo was born in Mbizana in eastern Pondoland, in what is now called the Eastern Cape;
2) further notes that Oliver Tambo, along with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, was a founding member of the ANC Youth League in 1943, becoming its first National Secretary and later a member of the National Executive in 1948;
3) acknowledges that in 1955 Tambo became Secretary-General of the ANC, in 1958 he became Deputy President of the ANC and thereafter, in 1959, was served with a five-year banning order by the then government;
4) further acknowledges that in 1967 Tambo became the acting President of the ANC, following the death of Chief Albert Luthuli, and in 1985 he was re-elected President of the ANC;
5) recalls that he earned his power through selfless service to the people and was a leader who succeeded in managing tensions amongst those fighting for the country's liberation;
6) further recalls that he played a major role in the growth and development of the movement and that he was instrumental in the transformation of the ANC from a liberal constitutionalist organisation into a national liberation movement; and 7) recognises that Oliver Tambo dedicated his life to the liberation of South Africa and that his legacy will forever be remembered.
Agreed to.