UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE HONORARIUM RING PRESENTATION NEWS

Fort Hare honours Mandela - SABC

Nelson Mandela, the former president, and seven other University of Fort Hare alumni were presented with "honorarium rings" by the Eastern Cape-based institution in Johannesburg today.

Clad in his trademark "Madiba" shirt, Mandela smiled as he entered the auditorium at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg . Danisa Baloyi, the university chancellor, presented the alumni with the gold rings. Baloyi praised the recipients for their contribution to the freedom struggle.

Rings were also presented, some of them posthumously, to Oliver Tambo, Robert Sobukwe, Govan Mbeki, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ephraim Mokgokong and Khoza Mgojo.

Dali Tambo received the ring on his father's behalf and Nobantu Mbeki received the award on his grandfather's behalf. - Sapa