WATCH: “George was not only a son of the soil, but the soil itself”
President Cyril Ramaphosa pays tribute to human rights advocate George Bizos at the Special Official Funeral.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s remarks during a Special Official Funeral of the Late Advocate George Bizos.
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Special Official Funeral Service of the late Advocate George Bizos #RIPGeorgeBizos https://t.co/u8996PCA4o
— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) September 17, 2020
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“A great tree has fallen.
A tree that gave shade to the patriots that founded our great nation and sheltered the poor, the marginalised and the vulnerable.”
President @CyrilRamaphosa #RIPGeorgeBizos 🕊 pic.twitter.com/P2doenHYiu— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) September 17, 2020
“It was at university that he first met Nelson Mandela, and he would later go on to defend him and others in both the 1956 Treason Trial and the 1963 Rivonia Trial.”
It was the start of a lifelong friendship.”
#RIPGeorgeBizos 🕊 pic.twitter.com/rX8Ys1D8iM— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) September 17, 2020
