President Ramaphosa honours Maponya with Special Official Funeral
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 for esteemed business leader Dr. Richard Maponya.
Ramaphosa has instructed that the national flag flies at half-mast from Friday until the evening of the burial.
Maponya will be buried on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 in Johannesburg.
Widely respected as the doyen of black business, Maponya passed away on Monday, a few days after celebrating his 99th birthday.
He was a founding member of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (NAFCOC) and chairman of the African Chamber of Commerce.
Maponya family spokesperson Mandla Sibeko said, “He leaves a legacy of black excellence, a legacy of hard work…he was the kind of man that woke up every day. He’d always said that he would work until the last days of his life.”
President Ramaphosa honours Dr Maponya with Special Official Funeral. https://t.co/ysQfHGgS4o
— PresidencyZA (@PresidencyZA) January 9, 2020
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