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✈️O. R. Tambo International Airport 🇿🇦 🛫 It is South Africa's primary hub for domestic and international flights and, since 2020, has been Africa’s second busiest airport (after Cairo International Airport). The airport serves as the main hub of South African Airways. 📜 Originally named Jan Smuts International Airport after the former South African Prime Minister, it was renamed Johannesburg International Airport in 1994, when the African National Congress (ANC) government decided not to name airports after political figures. ✳️ The policy was later reversed, and on October 27, 2006, the airport was renamed in honor of anti-apartheid leader Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917–1993). 📸 Photo: The Honorary Consul of South Africa in Yekaterinburg, Sergey Mazurkevich, next to the monument to Oliver Tambo at O. R. Tambo International Airport. #SouthAfrica#History#Tourism#Johannesburg#OliverTambo#Airport#Travel#Africa#Mazurkevich