President Cyril Ramaphosa presenting the Order of Luthuli in Gold to Justice Dikgang Moseneke at the National Orders Awards. (Photo: GCIS)
Director-General of The Presidency, Phindile Baleni named the South Africans to be awarded the Order of Luthuli on 28 April 2023.
President Cyril Ramaphosa presenting the Order of Luthuli in Gold to Justice Dikgang Moseneke at the National Orders Awards. (Photo: GCIS)
The Chancellor of the National Orders, Director-General of The Presidency, Phindile Baleni, announced the people who will receive National Orders, including the Order of Luthuli, at an investiture ceremony on Friday, 28 April 2023.
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South Africa has six National Orders:
The Orders can be awarded in three categories:
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The Order of Luthuli is named after the late Chief Albert Luthuli – the liberation struggle leader and first African recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961. This award is open to South Africans who have made a meaningful contribution to the struggle for democracy, human rights, nation-building, justice and peace, and conflict resolution.
The award itself has the following elements:
Flint stone
African Clay Pot
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Ms Ethel de Keyser (Posthumous): For her great contribution to the struggle for liberation. Her fundraising for scholarships for freedom fighters and their children’s education kept up the morale of our freedom fighters in exile.
Mr Ismail Ebrahim Ebrahim (Posthumous): For his commitment to the liberation of all South Africans. He lived by the courage of his conviction and became a mighty opponent to the repressive apartheid government.
Ms Molly Bellhouse Blackburn (Posthumous): For her contribution to the fight for liberation in South Africa, often risking her life for firmly upholding the liberation cause and ideals to the end.
Mr Moki Jacob Bonisile Cekisani: For making a significant difference in our society by providing a bridge between the struggle for liberation and post-apartheid community development.
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