Bandeiras a meio mastro pelo funeral oficial especial de Lekota em Bloemfontein

Após a morte do veterano anti-apartheid e ex-líder do COPE Mosioua ‘Terror’ Lekota no início desta semana, a Presidência ordenou que as bandeiras nacionais sejam hasteadas a meio mastro a partir de sábado, em preparação para o seu Funeral Oficial Especial Categoria Dois em Bloemfontein no próximo sábado, com plenas honras de Estado.

A Presidência anunciou que Mosioua ‘Terror’ Lekota, que faleceu na quarta-feira num hospital de Joanesburgo, receberá um Funeral Oficial Especial, Categoria Dois. Isso inclui plenas honras de Estado, guardas cerimoniais e uma procissão oficial em Bloemfontein, agendada para o próximo sábado. As bandeiras nacionais serão hasteadas a meio mastro a partir de sábado para homenagear o ex-primeiro-ministro do Free State e ministro da Defesa nacional, cuja morte aos 77 anos foi confirmada no início desta semana. Os tributos continuam a destacar o legado de Lekota. A ex-ministra Lindiwe Sisulu descreveu-o como ‘apaixonado’. O reverendo Frank Chikane chamou-lhe uma ‘pessoa transparente’. O Parlamento reconheceu o seu papel na criação do Conselho Nacional das Províncias (NCOP). Comentaristas enfatizam o seu ativismo na Frente Democrática Unida contra o apartheid e os posteriores desafios à dominância do ANC, que moldaram a democracia da África do Sul. O seu corpo chegou a Bloemfontein antes do funeral.

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