Banderas a media asta por el funeral oficial especial de Lekota en Bloemfontein

Tras la muerte esta semana del veterano antiapartheid y exlíder de COPE Mosioua ‘Terror’ Lekota, la Presidencia ha ordenado que las banderas nacionales ondeen a media asta desde el sábado, de cara a su Funeral Oficial Especial Categoría Dos en Bloemfontein el próximo sábado, con todos los honores de Estado.

La Presidencia ha anunciado que Mosioua ‘Terror’ Lekota, que falleció el miércoles en un hospital de Johannesburgo, recibirá un Funeral Oficial Especial, Categoría Dos. Esto incluye todos los honores de Estado, guardias ceremoniales y una procesión oficial en Bloemfontein, programada para el próximo sábado. Las banderas nacionales ondearán a media asta a partir del sábado para honrar al ex primer ministro del Estado Libre y ministro nacional de Defensa, cuya muerte a los 77 años fue confirmada a principios de esta semana. Los tributos continúan destacando el legado de Lekota. La exministra Lindiwe Sisulu lo describió como ‘apasionado’. El reverendo Frank Chikane lo llamó ‘persona transparente’. El Parlamento reconoció su papel en la creación del Consejo Nacional de Provincias (NCOP). Los comentaristas enfatizan su activismo en el Frente Democrático Unido contra el apartheid y sus posteriores desafíos a la dominación del CNA, que moldearon la democracia sudafricana. Su cuerpo ha llegado a Bloemfontein de cara al funeral.

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