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Three South Africans who “dedicated their lives to fighting for freedom and democracy” will receive official state funerals, the presidency announced Friday night.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared special provincial funerals for Petrus Meyer (better known as “Oom Piet”, Ambassador Kgosi Piet Mathebe and David Mbulaheni Malada. Meyer’s funeral will be in the Western Cape, and that of Mathebe and Malada in Limpopo.
The national flag will be flown at half mast at each flag station in the Western Cape and Limpopo provinces on the days of funeral services.
Meyer held various public positions for 40 years, including various responsibilities on the Western Cape provincial executive committee. He was also cchief whip and vice president in the Western Cape legislature, and a diplomat in Taiwan
His burial is scheduled for September 3.
Mathebe died on August 24. He was a member of the ANC’s military wing and active in the liberation struggle since the 1970s. “He spent most of his life fighting to free his people from discrimination and oppression,” the presidency said.
He was a deputy, served as a high commissioner in Zambia and as a special adviser to the Limpopo prime minister.
His funeral is scheduled for this weekend, August 30.
Like Mathebe, Malada was a member of uMkhonto weSizwe. According to the presidency, he “it played a key role in merging the former Bantustans and the Transvaal provincial administration to form the Limpopo provincial administration. “
He was a member of the executive committee of the Vhembe district municipality at the time of his death.
His burial is scheduled for August 29.
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