The memory and the legacy of the Tambos will continue to be kept alive through this week’s launch of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation.

The city of Ekurhuleni recently announced that it has adopted the "aerotropolis" route to grow the economy around the OR Tambo international airport.

Ekurhuleni had a special significance for OR Tambo — it is here that he returned to after spending 30 years in exile.

The OR Tambo Environmental Education and Narrative Centre in Leeupan in Benoni was officially opened this week.

OR was remarkable in that, while a student himself, he used to teach others the intricacies of mathematics and the sciences.

One of the specifications for the redevelopment was that environmentally-friendly building designs and methods be used.