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Questions for oral reply
President Cyril Ramaphosa responding to questions for oral reply in the National Assembly, Parliament
National Assembly Q&A session
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile in the National Assembly during the President's reply to oral questions
Media briefing: Colombia Official Visit
Deputy President Paul Mashatile and Colombian Vice President, Mrs Francia Elena Márquez, address the media during the Official Visit to South Africa by the Vice President of Colombia
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and other leaders in Burundi during the 11th High Level Segment of the ROM of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the Great Lakes Region.
President Ramaphosa arrivies in Burundi
President Cyril Ramaphosa arriving in Burundi for the 11th High Level Segment of the ROM of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the DRC and the Great Lakes Region.
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Mary Burton (1940 – )

The Order of Luthuli in

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Mary Burton (1940 – ) Awarded for:
Raising the conscience of South Africans against the evils of Apartheid and for outstanding contribution to National Reconciliation, Nation Building and Peace.
Mary Burton, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, moved to South Africa in 1961 where she became immersed in the struggle for human rights. She became a leading figure in the Black Sash, an antiapartheid organisation formed by white South African women to protest human rights violations.

Burton served as president of the Black Sash from 1986 to 1990 – an organisation Nelson Mandela called ‘the conscience of white South Africa. In 1995, she was appointed a Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and served on its Human Rights Committee. In 2000, she helped launch the ‘Home for All Campaign’, which called primarily on white South Africans to contribute to the reconciliation of South Africa in recognition of the benefits they had received from racial privilege under Apartheid.

Mary Burton currently serves as Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the University of Cape Town.
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