Dali Tambo Biography
Dali Tambo is a South African media personality, Filmmaker, TV-personality, and businessman known as an Anti-apartheid activist. He is also known as the presenter of the SABC television talk-show People of the South. Tambo is the founder of the anti-apartheid organisation Artists Against Apartheid.
He attended Lancing College in West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and later went on to study at the American University of Paris. There, he acquired a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Affairs in 1981.
He hosted the talk show People of the South on SABC from 1994 to 2002 and again from 2012 to 2013. He has focused his attention on promoting the idea of a commemorative sculpture park in city of Tshwane since leaving People of the South in 2013. The intended park will feature 400 to 500 life-size bronze statues of highly regarded anti-apartheid activists.
Tambo founded Koketso Growth which is a company that hosts projects that specifically focus on heritage arts and culture. It headed the building of the 9 meter Mandela Statue at the Union Buildings in Pretoria as well as the Mandela Bust at the Parliament buildings in Cape Town.
Through Tambo’s company Koketso Growth, he obtained tenders to make statues. The Statue of Nelson Mandela on the balcony of Cape Town City Hall is one of the example. Tambo commissioned Barry Jacksen and to then do the work. It was then unveiled on 24 July 2018. He has a long list of business accolades and titles and continues to contribute to the historical landscape of our culturally rich country.
Dali Tambo PhotoDali Tambo Age
Tambo was born on 1 March 1959 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is 60 years old as of 2019.
Dali Tambo Family
Dali is the son of Oliver Tambo the former president of the African National Congress, and his mother Adelaide Tambo who was also a prominent anti-apartheid activist.
Tambo was a baby when his parents were exiled. He went to England on 15 September 1960 with his mother.
His father died on 24 April 1993 at the age of 77 after he suffered complications following a stroke. His mother died on 31 January 2007 also aged 77 at her home in Johannesburg from undisclosed causes.
Dali has two sisters, Tselane Tambo, and Thembi Tambo.
Dali Tambo Wife
Dali is married to Rachael Tambo and they have four children together. Their oldest son is named after his father (OR Tambo).
Dali Tambo Apartheid
Tambo founded the anti-apartheid organisation Artists Against Apartheid with musician Jerry Dammers in 1983. This organisation organised numerous anti-apartheid concerts in Europe during the 1980s. Their idea was to popularise the liberation struggle and attract the youth, as opposed to “walking around waving placards” said Tambo in an interview with the Mail and Guardian.
Tambo was very influential in the initiative of the 46664 Nelson Mandela concerts which first began at Wembley Stadium in 1988. The whole world came out to celebrate Mandela’s 70th birthday while he was still behind bars. The concrets were very influential in popularising the struggle against apartheid.
He then returned to South Africa in 1991 after thirty years in exile. After his return, he launched Southern Streams Productions which produced his first television show, Night Moves, that aired on M-Net (a pay-channel that later evolved in DSTV the satellite service).
Tambo was able to apply the skills and knowledge he had acquired in the UK, having worked on numerous production sets, into launching his production and TV career in South Africa.
Dali Tambo SABC
Tambo joined South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) where he would produce and host the popular show People of the South. The talk show was focused on celebrating the lives of different personalities; from politicians, activists, artists, entertainers and international icons from the Southern hemisphere. It was also created to promote a sense of national identity and pride by reflecting on their achievements and acclamations.
People of the South ran for eight-and-a-half uninterrupted years and in 2012 it was revived by SABC3. One of its episodes caused a stir with the public when Tambo interviewed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
People of the South aired an interview on 2 June 2013 Tambo did with the President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe only two months before the 2013 Zimbabwean general election.
The contoversies began when CapeTalk567 radio host Kieno Kammies expressed his disappointment in the episode, calling it a PR exercise in preparation for the Zimbabwean elections. In an Interview with Tambo he asked him why he had not addressed pressing political issues such as the land grabs, human rights violations and political rights violations that Zimbabwe had suffered under Mugabe’s rule.
Tambo responded that he was not a politician and his show did not focus on politics but instead looked at the personalities and lives of the guests. Tambo was accused by a journalist from the Mail & Guardian of not expressing the same “accusatory” tone he had in questioning the former Democratic Alliance Leader Helen Zille, and said his approach was more sycophantic and fawning instead.
Dali Tambo Salary
Tambo’s salary is not yet disclosed.
Dali Tambo Net worth
Being a veteran media personality, Tambo is believed to be worth a great amount of money.
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