Tambo
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Oliver Tambo, the president of the African National Congress, tells Mr. Simon, “we love you. . . . You’re a brother and you have our respect and you’re welcome here.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The flight at the centre of the dispute arrived on Thursday, at South Africa's OR Tambo International Airport.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
Around 1985, when Musk was in his early teens, Oliver Tambo, the leader of the then-banned African National Congress, called for people to resist apartheid and “make South Africa ungovernable.”
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
They wore the same green-and-gold attire of their rugby heroes as they gathered at the Oliver Reginald Tambo airport in Johannesburg on Tuesday to welcome the team home from the championship game in France.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
In 1943, a delegation including Lembede, Mda, Sisulu, Tambo, Nkomo, and myself went to see Dr. Xuma, who was head of the ANC, at his rather grand house in Sophiatown.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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