South Africa
Ramaphosa unveils Tambo statue─── 14:46 Tue, 27 Oct 2020
The ANC's longest-serving president is being honoured with a bronze statue at the same airport named after him - OR Tambo.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed Tambo as the man who articulated the aspirations of South Africans who yearned for freedom.
"OR Tambo was the architect of our freedom. And thanks to his activism, people living in these distant lands got to know of our struggle and gladly joined it," Ramaphosa said.
Ramaphosa said it was fitting that the statue is erected at an airport that is named after Tambo, which is our gateway to the world.
Tambo's family and cabinet ministers were at the unveiling of the nine-metre statue.
