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The late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will be granted his wish to have a simple funeral, “with the cheapest coffin available,” his foundation said on Wednesday.
Former president Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graça Machel has paid an emotional tribute and farewell to the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, thanking him for his undying service during the years he was instrumental in fighting apartheid in the country.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that although the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s has left this world, his “life was one well lived” which all South Africans “must try to emulate and celebrate.”
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condoled the wife of the late former president FW de Klerk, following the passing of the last apartheid-era leader of South Africa due to lung cancer on Thursday.
South Africa and Mozambique on Tuesday commemorated the 35th anniversary of the death of former Mozambican president Samora Machel at Mbuzini in Mpumalanga province while returning from a Frontline States Summit in Zambia in 1986.
The Zambian government proceeded with the burial of the country’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda on Wednesday despite a pending court case in which the late nationalist’s family challenged the decision to inter him away from his farm.
The burial of Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda hangs in the balance after some members of his family petitioned the court on Tuesday to stop the government from burying him at a graveyard for presidents.
South Africa’s Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa paid tribute to Zambia’s late founding president Kenneth Kaunda for fighting against colonial rule in Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Friday attending the state funeral of Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda who died of pneumonia in June at a Lusaka hospital.
Several foreign dignitaries joined Zambians for the state funeral of the country’s first post-independence president Kenneth Kaunda.