Thandi Ndlovu to receive SANDF award posthumously: Defence minister
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqaku has announced plans to award the late Dr Thandi Ndlovu with a service medal from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
Mapisa-Nqaku was speaking at Ndlovu's funeral service on Friday where she was lauded for her role in the anti-apartheid struggle.
She was an activist and medical doctor turned businesswoman.
"She was a colonel in reserve force of the South African Military Health Services which is one of the arms of services in the National Defence Force," says Mapisa-Nqaku.
"Plans were underway to award her medals for her service."
The construction tycoon was honoured with a special official provincial funeral at the House of Treasure Ministries, south of Johannesburg.
Ndlovu lost her life in a car crash in Rustenburg on Saturday.
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The Mkhonto WeSizwe (MK) veteran will also be honoured by the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) in November.
"That process will not stop despite her departure. The South African National Defence Force will still make the awards posthumously later in the year."