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Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo

The Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo is a South African honour.[1] It was instituted on 6 December 2002, and is granted by the President of South Africa to foreign citizens who have promoted South African interests and aspirations through co-operation, solidarity, and support.

Order of the
Companions of O. R. Tambo
Badge (c. 2002)
Awarded by President of South Africa
TypeNational Order
StatusCurrently constituted
Grades
  • Supreme Companion
  • Grand Companion
  • Companion
Statistics
First induction10 December 2002
Total inductees110

Ribbon bar of the Order

The order is named after the late Oliver Tambo, who was the African National Congress's president-in-exile for many years.

Walking stick awarded with Order

Current classes

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The three classes of appointment to the Order are, in descending order of precedence:

  • Supreme Companion of OR Tambo in gold, for heads of state and, in special cases, heads of government (SCOT)
  • Grand Companion of OR Tambo in silver, for heads of government, ministers of state, supreme court judges, presidents of legislatures, secretaries of state, ambassadors, commanders-in-chief (GCOT)
  • Companion of OR Tambo in bronze, for legislators, envoys, senior military officers (COT)

Symbolism

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The badge of the order is oval, and depicts a symbol similar to that of the Taijitu between two arrowheads, framed by two mole snakes.[1] The symbol represents the meeting of diverse spiritual energies, and the snakes represent solidarity and support. The South African coat of arms is displayed on the reverse.

The ribbon is white, with recurring grey symbols down the centre. All three classes are worn around the neck.

Recipients are also presented with a carved wooden walking stick, which has a serpent wound around the shaft and a spoon-shaped head displaying the badge of the order and the national arms. The walking stick symbolises support and solidarity, and a commitment to stand by the recipient in return.

Recipients

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Name Grade Awarded
Sweden  Olof Palme SCOT 10 December 2002[2]
Zambia  Kenneth David Kaunda SCOT 10 December 2002
India  Mahatma Gandhi SCOT 10 December 2002
Mozambique  Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane SCOT 16 June 2004[3]
Angola  Agostinho Neto SCOT 16 June 2004
Ghana  Kwame Nkrumah SCOT 16 June 2004
Tanzania  Julius Nyerere SCOT 16 June 2004
Guinea-Bissau  Amílcar Cabral SCOT 16 June 2004
Tanzania  Salim Ahmed Salim SCOT 16 June 2004
Ghana  Kofi Annan SCOT 16 June 2004
Chile  Salvador Allende SCOT 16 June 2004
Finland  Martti Ahtisaari SCOT 16 June 2004
Jamaica  Michael Manley SCOT 16 June 2004
United States  Martin Luther King Jr. SCOT 16 June 2004
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Patrice Lumumba SCOT 16 June 2004
Algeria  Ahmed Ben Bella SCOT 16 June 2004
Sweden  Ernst Michanek [sv] GCOT 16 June 2004
India  Ramesh Chandra GCOT 16 June 2004
United Kingdom  Barbara Castle GCOT 16 June 2004
Norway  Reiulf Steen GCOT 16 June 2004
Norway  Thorvald Stoltenberg GCOT 16 June 2004
United States  Maxine Waters GCOT 16 June 2004
Russia  Vasily Grigoryevich Solodovnikov GCOT 16 June 2004
United Kingdom  Robert Hughes GCOT 16 June 2004
Netherlands  Boudewijn Sjollema GCOT 16 June 2004
Switzerland  FIFA SCOT 29 October 2004[4][5]
Sweden  Lennart Johansson SCOT 29 October 2004
New Zealand  Trevor Richards SCOT 29 October 2004
Guinea  Ahmed Sékou Touré SCOT 29 October 2004
Egypt  Gamal Abdel Nasser SCOT 29 October 2004
Guyana  Dr. Cheddi Jagan SCOT 26 April 2005[6]
Indonesia  Ahmed Sukarno SCOT 26 April 2005
Guinea  Diallo Telli SCOT 26 April 2005
Botswana  Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho GCOT 26 April 2005
India  Jawaharlal Nehru GCOT 26 April 2005
Russia  Vladimir Gennadyevich Shubin GCOT 26 April 2005
Indonesia  Sheikh Yusuf SCOT 27 September 2005[7]
Mali  Modibo Keita SCOT 20 April 2006[8]
Botswana  Seretse Khama SCOT 20 April 2006
Eswatini  King Sobhuza II SCOT 20 April 2006
Lesotho  King Moshoeshoe II SCOT 20 April 2006
Greece  Sotiris Mousouris GCOT 20 April 2006
United Kingdom  Anthony Sampson GCOT 20 April 2006
Lesotho  Chief Joseph Leabua Jonathan SCOT 24 April 2007[9]
Trinidad and Tobago  Dr. Eric Eustace Williams SCOT 24 April 2007
Guyana  Shridath Ramphal SCOT 24 April 2007
Kenya  Dr. Ali Al'amin Mazrui GCOT 24 April 2007
Botswana  Michael Kitso Dingake GCOT 24 April 2007
United Kingdom  Canon John Collins GCOT 24 April 2007
United States  Harry Belafonte GCOT 24 April 2007
Eswatini  Mandlenkosi Aloysius Isaac Zwane COT 24 April 2007
State of Palestine  Salman El-Herfi COT 24 April 2007
Nigeria  Chief Emeka Anyaoku SCOT 22 April 2008[10]
India  Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon GCOT 22 April 2008
Cricket West Indies  Philip Potter GCOT 22 April 2008
Sweden  Per Wästberg GCOT 22 April 2008
United States  Ron Dellums GCOT 22 April 2008
United States  Harry Belafonte GCOT 22 April 2008
United States  Jerry Dunfey GCOT 22 April 2008
United States  Linda Biehl COT 22 April 2008
Cuba  Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz SCOT 27 March 2009[11]
Germany  Christian Krause [de] GCOT 27 March 2009
Japan  Sadako Ogata GCOT 27 March 2009
Mozambique  Marcelino dos Santos GCOT 27 March 2009
Sweden  Bengt Säve-Söderbergh [sv] GCOT 27 March 2009
Namibia  Andimba Toivo ya Toivo GCOT 27 March 2009
South Africa  Jennifer Davis COT 27 March 2009
Tanzania  Anna Abdallah GCOT 2 December 2009[12]
United States  Rev. William Cullen Wilcox GCOT 2 December 2009
United States  Ida Belle Wilcox GCOT 2 December 2009
United Kingdom  Elizabeth II SCOT 3 March 2010[13]
Angola  José Eduardo dos Santos SCOT 27 April 2010[14]
Switzerland  Joseph Blatter SCOT 27 April 2010
Belgium  Jacques Rogge GCOT 27 April 2010
Cameroon  Issa Hayatou GCOT 27 April 2010
United States  Herbert Kaiser GCOT 27 April 2010
United States  Joy Kaiser GCOT 27 April 2010
South Africa  Vernon Berrangé GCOT 27 April 2010
United States  George Houser GCOT 27 April 2010
Brazil  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva SCOT 27 April 2011[15]
Belgium  Hélène Pastoors GCOT 27 April 2011
Russia  Viacheslav Shiryaev GCOT 27 April 2011
United States  Edward M. Kennedy SCOT 27 April 2012[16]
Russia  Prof. Apollon B Davidson GCOT 27 April 2012
United States  Randall Robinson GCOT 27 April 2012
Guyana  Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham SCOT 27 April 2013[17]
Jamaica  Percival Noel James Patterson SCOT 27 April 2013
India  Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy GCOT 27 April 2013
United States  Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson GCOT 27 April 2013
Egypt  Dina Forti COT 27 April 2013
Italy  Giuseppe Soncini COT 27 April 2013
United Kingdom  Lord Attenborough GCOT 27 April 2014[18]
United Kingdom  Prof. Gwendolen Margaret Carter GCOT 27 April 2014
Guinea  Jeanne-Martin Cissé GCOT 27 April 2014
United Kingdom  Jerry David Dammers GCOT 27 April 2014
United States  Danny Glover GCOT 27 April 2014
United States  Quincy Delight Jones GCOT 27 April 2014
United States  Thomas Karis GCOT 27 April 2014
United Kingdom  Lord Kinnock GCOT 27 April 2014
Egypt  Alexander Moumbaris GCOT 27 April 2014
Angola  Ruth Neto GCOT 27 April 2014
United States  Alfre Woodard GCOT 27 April 2014
Canada  Brian Mulroney SCOT 27 April 2015[19]
Tanzania  Hashim Mbita SCOT 27 April 2015
Australia  Gareth Evans GCOT 27 April 2015
United Kingdom  Lord Hain GCOT 27 April 2015
Russia  Vladimir Kazimirov GCOT 27 April 2015
United States  Gay McDougall GCOT 27 April 2015
Denmark  Lars Nordbo GCOT 27 April 2015
Russia  Andrey Urnov GCOT 27 April 2015
Malaysia  Dr. Lim Kok Wing GCOT 27 April 2015
Namibia  Sam Nujoma SCOT 27 April 2018
United Kingdom  Walter Khotso Makhulu[20][21] GCOT 25 April 2019
United States  Tracy Chapman[22] GCOT 1 May 2023
United Kingdom  Christabel Gurney[22] GCOT 1 May 2023
New Zealand  Thomas Oliver Newnham (Posthumous)[22] GCOT 1 May 2023
Jamaica  Peter Tosh (Posthumous)[22] GCOT 1 May 2023
Germany  Ruth Weiss[22] GCOT 1 May 2023

Refusals

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On 28 January 2008, New Zealand anti-apartheid activist John Minto created a controversy over his letter to former South African President Thabo Mbeki after being nominated for the award, saying that he would refuse, on principle, to accept any award from the ANC.[23]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "2002 National Orders awards". southafrica.info. Brand SA. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ "2004 National Orders awards". southafrica.info. Brand SA. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. ^ "24 outstanding South Africans". southafrica.info. Brand SA. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ^ "National Orders awards 29 October 2004". South African Government Information. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. ^ "National Orders awards 27 April 2005". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. ^ "National Orders awards 27 September 2005". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  8. ^ "National Orders awards 20 April 2006". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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  10. ^ "National Orders awards 22 April 2008". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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  13. ^ "President Zuma officially begins United Kingdom state visit". South African Government Information. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  14. ^ "National Orders awards April 2010". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  15. ^ "National Orders awards April 2011". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  16. ^ "National Orders awards April 2012". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  17. ^ Lubisi, Cassius (22 April 2013). "South African National Orders 2013 – The Presidency". politicsweb. South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  18. ^ Lubisi, Cassius. "Media Statement by the Chancellor of the National Orders and Director-General in the Presidency". The Presidency of South Africa. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  19. ^ Lubisi, Cassius. "Presidency announces recipients of National Orders". South African Government Information. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  20. ^ "Archbishop Makhulu honoured for helping SA's liberation". anglicanchurchsa.org. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Archbishop Khotso Makhulu (United Kingdom (UK)) | The Presidency". www.thepresidency.gov.za. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  22. ^ a b c d e Khumalo, Juniour. "Siya Kolisi, Desiree Ellis, Tracy Chapman among 32 bestowed national orders by Ramaphosa". News24. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Open letter to the President of South Africa". John Minto. 28 January 2008.
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