Succeeded from 1 November 2022 by His Excellency Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo
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Nomatemba Gugulethu Pudnixia Olivia Tambo (known as Thembi Tambo, born 1957) is a British-South African diplomat and politician, who is currently serving as
High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom.
Education
Tambo has a BA in History and English at the
University of Roehampton
The University of Roehampton, London, formerly Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, is a public university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites in Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Roehampton was formerly an e ...
in
London
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. This was followed by a law degree at
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university ...
in 2002. In 2007, she completed her diplomatic training.
Career
Tambo was part of the
Anti-Apartheid Movement
The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), was a British organisation that was at the centre of the international movement opposing the South African apartheid system and supporting South Africa's non-White population who were persecuted by the policie ...
.
Personal life
Tambo is the daughter of
Oliver Tambo. She attended the dedication of a statue to him in 2019.
References
Living people
21st-century South African politicians
21st-century South African women politicians
South African diplomats
High Commissioners of South Africa to the United Kingdom
Alumni of the University of Roehampton
University of the Witwatersrand alumni
21st-century diplomats
Year of birth missing (living people)
Anti-apartheid activists
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