President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded businessman Richard Maponya for being a true patriot while addressing mourners at the funeral of the entrepreneur on Tuesday. RIPRichardMaponya
Durban - President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded businessman Richard Maponya for being a true patriot while addressing mourners at the funeral of the entrepreneur on Tuesday.
"Richard Pelwana Maponya was the most devoted of patriots. He loved his country and he loved his people. He was a soldier, not of the battlefield, but at the frontline of the struggle for the economic emancipation of his people – a struggle that endures to this day," said Ramaphosa at the University of Johannesburg's Soweto Campus.
Former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe were also in attendance, along with other dignitaries and politicians. Ramaphosa described him as a man of "extraordinary resilience" who "persevered until he reached the pinnacle of success".
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