OR Tambo also faced problems with ANC – Zuma
28 October 2016
Johannesburg - Former ANC president Oliver Reginald Tambo also faced problems in the ANC, including lobbying to get rid of him, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Tambo was never obsessed with himself or his position, was humble and greeted everyone by name, Zuma said a wreath-laying ceremony in honour of Tambo in Wattville, Ekurhuleni, on Thursday. It would have been Tambo’s 99th birthday.
In what could be interpreted as a reference to Zuma’s own challenges within the 104-year-old political party, he addressed some of the problems Tambo faced while leading the movement from exile.
Zuma shared with his audience at the Tamboville cemetery his memories of the ANC’s longest-serving president, describing the man many fondly known as O.R. as “something else” and a “rare leader”.