SA to honour Nujoma with top accolade

Founding President Sam Nujoma will this Saturday be honoured with the Supreme Companion of O.R. Tambo (gold) by the South African government.

This order is awarded to foreign nationals such as statesmen as well as leading dignitaries. Nujoma's special assistant John Nauta confirmed that Nujoma will personally travel to South Africa to receive his accolade, which will be conferred on him by president Cyril Ramaphosa. “According to the communication we have received the honour is in celebration of the Founding Father's liberation struggle contributions for Namibia and southern Africa. It is really amazing that the South African government has granted this honour,” Nauta said. According to South African media reports, the order will also be bestowed to former and the late Botswana president Quett Masire as well as former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Nujoma will be honoured for his opposition to the then apartheid government and for leading forces that fought alongside South African freedom fighters and posed a formidable challenge to the oppressive regimes in the region. South Africans who have excelled in various fields such as arts, culture, literature, music, journalism, sport, nation building, building democracy and human rights, justice and peace, and the resolution of conflict, community service, business and economy, science, medicine and technological innovation will also be honoured.

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