Objections to Tambo award for Burnham moot unless public inquiry on Rodney death held – daughter

Ulele Burnham, daughter of the late president Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (LFSB), has said that objections to her father’s receipt of the O R Tambo Award (OTA) based on his “assumed role in the death of Walter Rodney” are moot unless and until a frank, full and formal public inquiry by an international tribunal is convened into the matter.

The OTA is conferred on foreign nationals (heads of state and government) and other foreign dignitaries who promoted South Africa’s interests and aspirations through co-operation, solidarity and support. The South African government had chosen LFSB for the prestigious award “….for his integral part in the sport