Speeches Archive - 1980s

See also:

• Oliver Tambo: Selected Articles, Papers, Speeches, Statements and Other Documents - 1960-1993

• Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the African National Congress, January 8, 1980
• "In the Belly of the Beast": Speech by Oliver Tambo at Conference of the International Committee Against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA), Stockholm, April 1980
• "Church and Our Struggle": Statement at the World Consultation of the World Council of Churches, Holland, June 16-21, 1980
• The People's Programme, 26 June 1980
• "The People's Initiative". Speech delivered by Alfred Nzo, on behalf of the African National Congress, to the International NGO Action Conference for Sanctions against South Africa, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 June - 3 July, 1980
• "The Beast is in the Open": Speech by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the Namibian People, UNESCO House, Paris, 13 September 1980
• Speech by Oliver Tambo Accepting the 1979 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding on Behalf of Nelson Mandela, New Delhi, November 14, 1980
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the "National Conference: Building Forces Against United States Support for South Africa", Washington, DC, June 8, 1981
• "The Spirit of June 26": Speech by Oliver Tambo at Rally on South Africa Freedom Day, London, June 26, 1981
• "Our Alliance is a Living Organism That Has Grown Out of Struggle": Speech by Oliver Tambo at Meeting to Observe the 60th Anniversary of the South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Joe Gqabi, 9 August 1981
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Opening Session of the First Conference of the Women's Section of the ANC, Luanda, September 10, 1981
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Concluding Session of the Conference of the Women's Section of the ANC, Luanda, September 14, 1981
• "Our Reply - Struggle, Attack and Counterattack!": Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Afro-Arab Solidarity Conference, Luanda, December 6, 1981
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at a FRELIMO Mass Rally at Bairro De Liberdade, Maputo, February 14, 1982
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Second National Conference of Solidarity with the Peoples of Southern Africa, Rome, February 26-28, 1982 
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at Funeral in Maseru, December 1982
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at Dinner Hosted in His Honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, New Delhi, January 21, 1983 
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in Solidarity with the Frontline States and Lesotho, Lisbon, March 25, 1983
• "The Unity of Our Peoples": Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Fourth Congress of FRELIMO, Maputo, April 29, 1983 - Sechaba, July 1983
• OR83-6. Opening Speech by Oliver Tambo at the First Conference of the ANC Department of Information and Publicity, Lusaka, July 5, 1983
• Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Delivered by Mr. Tambo at the Funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, London, September 1983
• Address by Oliver Tambo to the Anti-racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council, London, March 21, 1984
• "We Are a Force": Speech by Oliver Tambo at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, Mazimbu, Tanzania, May 1984
• Address by Oliver Tambo at Conference on Southern Africa of the Socialist International and the Socialist Group of the European Parliament with the Frontline States, ANC and SWAPO, Arusha, September 4, 1984
• Opening Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC, Kabwe, Zambia, June 16, 1985
• Address by Oliver Tambo to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, July 19, 1985
• Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, July 22, 1985 - ANC Leaflet and Journal of African Marxists, January 1986
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid, Stockholm, February 21, 1986
• Speech by ANC President OR Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mabhida, 29 March 1986
• "Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech by Oliver Tambo in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, May 5, 1986
• "We Are of the World and the World is with Us": Address by Oliver Tambo on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa From the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, May 9, 1986
• "The Count-down Has Started": Statement by Oliver Tambo on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1986
• "Victory is Within Our Grasp": Statement by Oliver Tambo at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa, UNESCO House, Paris, June 16, 1986
• "We Have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address by Oliver Tambo to the Royal Commonwealth Society, London, June 23, 1986
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-aligned Countries, Harare, September 1-6, 1986
• Statement of Acceptance by Oliver Tambo of the Ho Chi Minh Award, Bestowed on the African National Congress by the World Peace Council, Luanda, December 15. 1986
• Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the African National Congress, Lusaka, January 8, 1987
• Oliver Tambo's Olof Palme Memorial Lecture on Disarmament and Development, New York, January 21, 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo to the Foreign Policy Association and the African-American Institute, New York, January 22, 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, January 27, 1987
• "Seventy-five Years of Struggle": Speech at La Trobe University, Australia, April 3, 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at May Day Rally, Stockholm, May 1, 1987
• "South Africa: Strategic Options for International Companies": Speech by Oliver Tambo to Business International Conference, London, May 27, 1987
• "South Africa at the Crossroads": Oliver Tambo's Canon Collins Memorial Lecture, London, May 28, 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the People's National Party Founder's Day Banquet, Kingston, Jamaica, July 4, 1987
• Address by Oliver Tambo to the Joint Session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, July 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo, on Behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the 23rd Session of the Assembly Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, July 27, 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference on "Children, Repression and the Law in Apartheid South Africa", Harare, September 24, 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution", Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
• Speech by Oliver Tambo on the Occasion of the Award of An Honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, November 11, 1987
• Address by Oliver Tambo at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples of the World United Against Apartheid, for a Democratic South Africa", Arusha, December 1, 1987 - ANC Pamphlet
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Symposium on Survival and Development of Children in the Frontline States and Southern Africa, Harare, March 1-5, 1988
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Conference on "SADCC's Future: Europe's Role", Harare, March 28, 1988
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 50th Session of the OAU Coordinating Committee for the Liberation of Africa, Harare, May 13, 1988
• "Peace and Development in Our Region": Speech by Oliver Tambo at "War on Want" Conference, London, June 1988
• Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party, Zambia, August 1988
• Alfred Nzo's Address to the British Trades Union Congress at its Presentation of a Gold Medal to Nelson Mandela, September 1988
• Statement by Oliver Tambo , on Behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the Closing Session of the Seventh Summit Meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, Arusha, December 1-2, 1988
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 19th African-American Conference, Lusaka, January 12, 1989
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Conference of the Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare, February 15, 1989
• Speakers' Notes for June 26, 1989
• Opening Address by Oliver Tambo to the Conference on "Whites in a Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the African National Congress, Lusaka, July 1, 1989
• Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, July 24-26, 198