Remembering ANC’s longest serving president

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Tembisa over the weekend to commemorate OR Tambo’s good work within the ruling party.

Andrew Mapheto zone secretary Aubrey Langa said Deputy President Ramaphosa came to Tembisa to speak at the OR Tambo memorial lecture.

“We had a memorial lecture event of president OR Tambo. President OR Tambo would have been a hundred years old this year, so this is his centenary and we felt as a zonal leadership of the ANC that we should bring the community to celebrate the legacy of OR Tambo,” said Langa.

He said the late OR Tambo was the longest serving president of the ANC and was also the father of democracy and they felt duty-bound, politically and morally, to celebrate the centenary of OR Tambo.

“People should know about this giant of our revolution who brought the democracy that we are enjoying today. We need to share those experiences, we need to share knowledge and the best person to share those experiences with us was the deputy president of the country. He has been deployed to share with us the life, times and legacy of OR Tambo,” said Langa.

He said the event was a massive programme for the ANC.

“In Comrade OR Tambo we had a leader of great vision, a leader of great foresight who foresaw many of the things that needed to be done in our country. He did all of this with great humility and with great clarity of mind. He was a courageous leader and he was not motivated by material gains,” said Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The Deputy President also spoke extensively on the political problems faced by the country and called on the ruling party to reposition itself in serving the country.