Dali Tambo

Dali Tambo (born 1 March 1959) is a South African media personality best known as the presenter of the SABC television talk-show People of the South and as the founder of the anti-apartheid organisation Artists Against Apartheid.

Early life Dali Tambo is the son of Oliver Tambo, former president of the African National Congress, and Adelaide Tambo. Tambo attended Lancing College in West Sussex, United Kingdom, before going on to study at the American University and the Sorbonne in Paris, France,

Dali Tambo is married to Rachael Tambo and they have four children; their oldest son is named after his father (O. R. Tambo).

Artists Against Apartheid In 1983, Dali Tambo founded the anti-apartheid organisation Artists Against Apartheid with musician Jerry Dammers. The organisation organised numerous anti-apartheid concerts in Europe during the 1980s. Tambo returned to South Africa in 1991 as apartheid ended. and was criticised for being "sycophantic" by the Mail & Guardian newspaper, and called a "public relations exercise" for Mugabe by CapeTalk567 radio presenter Kieno Kammies. In the heated interview with Kammies on CapeTalk567, Tambo replied that "People of the South [is] not Hard Talk"

Statues Through his company Koketso Growth, Tambo obtained tenders to make statues. One such example is the Statue of Nelson Mandela on the balcony of Cape Town City Hall. Tambo commissioned Barry Jacksen and Xhanti Mpakama to do the work, which was unveiled on 24 July 2018.

Controversies Dali Tambo owes SARS more than R1.7 million of unpaid personal tax.