Exile of Oliver Tambo
Arrested by the South African police, described in the press as the "Black Pimpernel"
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Oliver Tambo Biography and Timeline
Follow Oliver Tambo through 2 dated historical records for South Africa.
Oliver Tambo, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
2Distinct records
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1990–1991Years on this page
1990
1991
Conference of ANC
The first national conference of the ANC, since the organisation was banned in 1960, begins in Durban, South Africa, Oliver Tambo, whose health is suffering, hands over the presidency of the ANC to Nelson Mandela
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.