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JOHANNESBURG - ANC chair, Gwede Mantashe, says the party must be revived to honour OR Tambo.
He was speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony to celebrate the struggle giant.
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Oliver Reginald Kai-zana Tambo would have turned a hundred and today.
Mantashe says Tambo's generation sustained a struggle for 5 decades while the current leadership has not managed to hold on to major metros.
Tambo's daughter, Nomatemba has described him as an excellent character who stopped at nothing to ensure the betterment of South Africa.
The ANC, friends and family are today commemorating the former leader.