BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

NOMATEMBA TAMBO

Nomatemba Tambo is South African Ambassador to Italy. She has presented her
credentials to President Giorgio Napolitano in April 2013.
She is also non-residential Ambassador and High Commissioner to Malta, Albania and
San Marino as well as Permanent Representative to the Rome-based United Nations
Agencies. Before moving to Rome, she served as Consul General to Hong Kong,
China.
Nomatemba Tambo is also co-Founder and Chair of the South African Womens
Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong and co-Founding Member of Women in Capital
Growth (a Black Empowerment Company), Contributing Editor for Fair Lady Magazine,
Director for Webnet Solutions, Chief Executive for Evening Star Manufacturing,
Director for Resilient Income Property Fund.
She is a Trustee for the Oliver & Adelaide Tambo Foundation. She sits on the Board of
Advisors of Bridging Gaps, an organisation dedicated to the promotion and
advancement of interfaith and inter-ethnic dialogue. She is a member of the
International Womens Forum.
Nomatemba Tambo is the daughter to apartheid struggle hero Oliver Reginald Tambo
and heroine Adelaide Tambo who both served as central figures of the African National
Congress (ANC).
She acquired a BA Honours combined degree in History and English from the
Roehampton Institute, London University, an later an LLB in Post Graduate Law from
the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and a Diplomatic Training
Diploma from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.