Mbeki is the Chancellor of the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Many South Africans have taken to social media to commemorate Tambo.
“ThisDayInHistory 27 October 1917, @MYANC’s longest-serving president, Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, was born.
Thabo Mbeki believes that South Africa needs heroes like Oliver Tambo. Photo credit: Facebook/Unisa - The University of South AfricaSource: Facebook
He passed on in 1993.
He would have been 103 today,” wrote the official ANC page.
MeanwhileBriefly.co.zacelebrates the icon’s birthday with five of his most famous and world-renowned quotes.
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The first was unveiled by former presidentJacob Zuma.
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