This month has seen the city of Ekurhuleni partnering with the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, Airports Company of South Africa through the OR Tambo international airport and the department of international relations and cooperation in a month-long commemoration of the impeccable contribution made by the Tambos in the struggle for South Africa’s liberation.
To this end, the OR Tambo Environmental Education and Narrative Centre in Leeupan in Benoni was officially opened this week. This facility is where important historical facts and material about Tambo’s life and times as well as his involvement in the struggle will be deposited and archived. The opening is part of the first phase of a multi-million rand green project in honour of the late struggle stalwart.
Once completed, the R140-million precinct will boast the following:
- The OR Tambo narrative centre that will house an OR Tambo exhibition.
Young people will be taught the history and important facts about the road travelled in South Africa to attain the freedom that is enjoyed today and the specific role that OR Tambo played in leading the country to liberation. Together with the environmental education stakeholders and the department of education, the centre will jointly promote environmental education by:
- Providing teachers with the opportunity to work with their classes in acquiring field techniques which can then be applied to their local environment.
This article originally appeared in the Mail & Guardian newspaper as an advertorial supplement