Fahnen auf Halbmast für Lekotas spezielle offizielle Beerdigung in Bloemfontein

Nach dem Tod des Anti-Apartheid-Veteranen und ehemaligen COPE-Führers Mosioua „Terror“ Lekota Anfang dieser Woche hat das Präsidium angeordnet, dass die Nationalfahnen ab Samstag auf Halbmast gesetzt werden – vor seiner Special Official Funeral Category Two in Bloemfontein nächsten Samstag mit vollen Staatsgeprängen.

Das Präsidium hat angekündigt, dass Mosioua „Terror“ Lekota, der am Mittwoch in einem Krankenhaus in Johannesburg verstarb, eine Special Official Funeral, Category Two, erhalten wird. Dies umfasst volle Staatsgepränge, zeremonielle Wachen und einen offiziellen Trauerzug in Bloemfontein, der für nächsten Samstag angesetzt ist. Die Nationalfahnen werden ab Samstag auf Halbmast gesetzt, um den ehemaligen Premier des Freistaats und nationalen Verteidigungsminister zu ehren, dessen Tod im Alter von 77 Jahren Anfang dieser Woche bestätigt wurde. Ehrungen betonen weiterhin Lekotas Vermächtnis. Die ehemalige Ministerin Lindiwe Sisulu beschrieb ihn als „leidenschaftlich“. Reverend Frank Chikane nannte ihn einen „transparenten Menschen“. Das Parlament würdigte seine Rolle bei der Gründung des National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Kommentatoren heben seine Aktivitäten in der United Democratic Front gegen die Apartheid und spätere Herausforderungen an die Vorherrschaft der ANC hervor, die Südafrikas Demokratie prägten. Sein Leichnam ist in Bloemfontein eingetroffen, vor der Beerdigung.

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