Zuma asks 'what would Tambo do?'

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http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2012/10/26/zuma-asks-what-would-tambo-do

President Jacob Zuma has called on ANC members to rise above factionalism and petty squabbles and lead by example.

He was speaking about the legacy of former African National Congress president Oliver Tambo in Pretoria on Friday.

"What would he [Tambo] want us to do at this point in our history?" asked Zuma.

"He would call on the ANC, and on its members and supporters, to rise above petty squabbles internally and instead weld together a popular movement equal to the challenges of our times."

Tambo would have reminded them not to confuse the nation with factionalism, he said.

"The ANC must lead by example, displaying cohesion, clarity and respect for one another and for the nation as a whole.

"He [Tambo] would remind us that the responsibility of the ANC membership and leadership is to keep our minds when all around us are losing theirs."

Zuma said Tambo would require members to be steadfast in principle and display revolutionary discipline.

"He would urge us to continue on this mission of a fundamental transformation of our country and to work for economic freedom and the prosperity of all our people..."

"He would urge us to unite and build our glorious movement... and protect it from all sorts of negative tendencies, corruption, and opportunism."

Zuma said in Tambo's memory, ANC members should take forward the renewal of the organisation at its elective conference in Mangaung.

"We must recommit ourselves to renew the ANC's core values and principles, such as unity, selflessness, sacrifice, collective leadership, humility, honesty, discipline, hard work, internal debates, and mutual respect."
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Well firstly he would ask wtf happened to your selflessness and wonder exactly what sacrifices you have made.

Then hopefully he would fire your ass and put someone in leadership who had some integrity and backbone ?
 
If Mr O.R. Tambo was still in charge, I am sure that none of the garbage that calls itself leaders in the ANC would be there. Corruption, cronyism, nepotism, fraud, backbiting, backstabbing, self enrichment, tenderpreneurism, liars, slothfulness, greed, hate, etc etc would be on the back foot. It would not be tolerated. Kind of wonder why showerhead would want him back, as he'd be the first out on his oversized hindquarters.
 
Mr OR Tambo would be less corrupt to bloody well start with you useless moron.
 
chrisc4290 said:
Tambo would have picked up an AK47 and shot the lot
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Something like that.

Oliver Tambo visited Pango [Camp] at the height of the terror.*The path from the entrance to the admin building was lined -- like a scene from 'Spartacus' -- with men, bloodied and filthy, hanging from trees. When his entourage arrived at admin, where I was officer on duty, Tambo's chief of staff told us that there would be a meeting at 'the stage' (a clearing in the jungle... where we held meetings and discussions). Runners were sent out to notify everyone in the vicinity. On his way to the stage [Oliver Tambo] again passed the men tied to the trees. Being officer on duty, I could not attend the meeting, but my deputy went. After a while I saw guards come up from the stage, release the prisoners and take them to the meeting. There, my deputy told me, instead of objecting to their treatment, as I had hoped, Tambo berated them for their dissident behaviour and appeared to approve when Andrew Masondo declared that on the presidents next visit they would be in shallow graves behind the stage.*The prisoners were returned to their trees.. where the president [Oliver Tambo] passed the unfortunate men without a glance on his way out, and they hung there for another three months -- followed by three months hard labour.*(p.51-52)
Excerpts: Mbokodo: Inside MK: Mwezi Twala - A Soldier's Story
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"He would call on the ANC, and on its members and supporters, to rise above petty squabbles internally and instead weld together a popular* movement equal to the challenges of our times**."

Tambo would have reminded them not to confuse the nation with factionalism***, he said.
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* - instead of an unpopular movement?
** - why would you want to be equal to the challenges? Rise above it rather.
*** - so the problem is not that there are factions, but that people get confused about it?

Who writes this stuff?
 
"He would call on the ANC, and on its members and supporters, to rise above the gravy train, and vote JZ in because he is the best @ Rob-in the hood!!
He sets a gr8 example of how to do corruption and never get caught."
 
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President Jacob Zuma has called on ANC members to rise above factionalism and petty squabbles and lead by example.

He was speaking about the legacy of former African National Congress president Oliver Tambo in Pretoria on Friday.

"What would he [Tambo] want us to do at this point in our history?" asked Zuma.

"He would call on the ANC, and on its members and supporters, to rise above petty squabbles internally and instead weld together a popular movement equal to the challenges of our times, and nominate and vote for no one but Jacob Zuma, otherwise we must squabble until we wobble."

Tambo would have reminded them not to confuse the nation with factionalism, he said.

"The ANC must lead by example, displaying cohesion, clarity and respect for one another and for the nation as a whole, as long as we nominate and vote for no one but Jacob Zuma, otherwise divide and conquer.

"He [Tambo] would remind us that the responsibility of the ANC membership and leadership is to keep our minds when all around us are losing theirs, only if we nominate and vote for no one but Jacob Zuma, otherwise we must riot."

Zuma said Tambo would require members to be steadfast in principle and display revolutionary discipline.

"He would urge us to continue on this mission of a fundamental transformation of our country and to work for economic freedom and the prosperity of all our people, especially Jacob Zuma by nominating and voting only for this great leader."

"He would urge us to unite and build our glorious movement... and protect it from all sorts of negative tendencies, corruption, and opportunism, and maintain Jacob Zuma as King of South Afri... I mean president of South Africa.."

Zuma said in Tambo's memory, ANC members should take forward the renewal of the organisation at its elective conference in Mangaung.

"We must recommit ourselves to renew the ANC's core values and principles, such as unity, selflessness, sacrifice, collective leadership, humility, honesty, discipline, hard work, internal debates, and mutual respect, and nominate and vote for no one but Jacob Zuma, so that Msholozi can finish building his castle... I mean palace... I mean homestead."
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What would O.R. Tambo do if he was here right now? He'd make a plan and he'd follow through. That's what O.R. Tambo'd do.
 
Nothing. Because airports are inanimate :wtf:

Please forgive me for that one:o
 
I have it on good authority that Tambo would have handed over the tapes!
 
Tambo would say when he said "render South Africa ungovernable" he didn't mean do it by electing someone 6 vertebrae short of a backbone and 2 hemispheres short of a brain as president.
 
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