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born 1957

Nomatemba Tambo (known as Thembi Tambo, born 1957) is a British-South African diplomat and politician, who was appointed High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom in March 2018.She was succeeded from 1 November 2022 by Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo.

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The diplomat also believes it is important to communicate with Africa’s youth in order to secure the continent’s future.

It’s wonderful to have relationships with other countries, but we need to say ‘African solutions for African problems’, not ‘Western solutions for African problems’.

It’s all about communication. If you don’t talk, then you cannot understand anything about anybody,”

The thing is to take that passion, intellectualize it and make it work for you. Make it useful for your community

“A nation that does not care about its youth does not deserve its future

there is nothing wrong with young people having extreme views and holding them with passion.”

the need to make sure young people who feel despondent, voiceless and hopeless understand that politicians care about them.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nomatemba Tambo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.