PJ Patterson to receive top South African honour
BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, November 12, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The South African Government will next year confer one of its highest national honours on former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson.
Patterson will receive the "Order of the Companions of O R Tambo", reserved for citizens outside of South Africa who have contributed to the struggle against racism and the fight for justice, equality and democracy.
Patterson, who served as prime minister of Jamaica continuously between 1992 and 2006 before he retired from public life, will become the second Jamaican politician to be presented with the award, the first being Michael Manley, who was awarded posthumously in 2004.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2C1nSR14M
BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, November 12, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The South African Government will next year confer one of its highest national honours on former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson.
Patterson will receive the "Order of the Companions of O R Tambo", reserved for citizens outside of South Africa who have contributed to the struggle against racism and the fight for justice, equality and democracy.
Patterson, who served as prime minister of Jamaica continuously between 1992 and 2006 before he retired from public life, will become the second Jamaican politician to be presented with the award, the first being Michael Manley, who was awarded posthumously in 2004.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2C1nSR14M
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