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By ANA Reporter 
6h ago
Port Elizabeth – President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared special official provincial funerals for three distinguished South Africans who dedicated their lives to the fight for freedom and democracy in South Africa.
The three distinguished persons are Petrus Meyer, affectionately known as Oom Piet, from the Western Cape, and the ambassador, Kgoṧi Mohlamme Piet Mathebe and David Mbulaheni Malada from Limpopo.
A category 2 special official provincial funeral involves elements of police ceremonial honors in accordance with the official state, official and provincial funeral policy of the Presidency, for distinguished persons specifically designated by the president.
Ramaphosa has authorized the national flag to be flown at half mast at all flag stations in the Western Cape and Limpopo provinces on funeral service days.
Meyer held various public positions for 40 years, including various responsibilities on the Western Cape provincial executive committee.
He also served as head whip and later as vice president in the Western Cape legislature. He also served as Head of Mission: South African Liaison Office in Taipei, Taiwan.
Meyer will be buried on Thursday, September 3.
Ambassador Kgoṧi Mohlamme Piet Mathebe passed away on Monday at the age of 59.
Mathebe was a decorated member of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and was actively involved in the liberation struggle since the 1970s, spending most of his life fighting to liberate his people from discrimination and oppression.
He received military training in Angola and became the first Field Commander of MK’s Peter Nchabeleng Unit.
Mathebe became a member of parliament and served on various portfolio committees.
He subsequently served as South African High Commissioner in Zambia and later served as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Limpopo.
Mathebe will be buried on Sunday.
David Malada, 68, was a decorated member of uMKhonto weSizwe who received his training in Angola. He began his prominent role in the liberation struggle in the 1970s and was part of the June 16 Detachment that spent time at the Engineering Camp in Luanda.
Malada was involved in a number of operations and held various positions, including Chief of Intelligence for the Transvaal Rural machinery.
She later became a member of the Amandla cultural group that raised awareness around the world about the atrocities of the apartheid government and raised funds for the movement.
Malada played a pivotal role in merging the old Bantustans and the Transvaal provincial administration to form the Limpopo provincial administration.
At the time of his death, Malada was a member of the executive committee of the Vhembe district municipality.
Malada will be buried on Saturday at Makode Tshipidani Prasinini in Sibasa, Limpopo province.
African News Agency (ANA)
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