Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
{{Short description|South African award}}
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{{Use South African English|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox order
|title = Order of the
Companions of O. R. Tambo
|image = File:Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo.jpg
|caption = Badge (c. 2002)
|awarded_by = President of South Africa
|type = National Order
|motto =
|day =
|eligibility =
|for =
|status = Currently constituted
|head_title = President of South Africa
|head =
|head2_title=Chancellor | head2=
|commander =
|grades = {{plainlist |
- {{nowrap|Supreme Companion}}
- Grand Companion
- Companion
}}
|date =
|first_induction = 10 December 2002
|last_induction =
|total = 110
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| image2 = 100px
| caption2 = Ribbon bar of the Order
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The Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo is a South African honour.{{cite news| title=The Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo| publisher=Republic of South Africa| url=https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/national-orders/order-companions-o.r.-tambo-0| work=The Presidency| access-date=30 April 2023}} It was instituted on 6 December 2002, and is granted by the President of South Africa to foreign citizens who have promoted South African interests and aspirations through co-operation, solidarity, and support.
The order is named after the late Oliver Tambo, who was the African National Congress's president-in-exile for many years.
Current classes
The three classes of appointment to the Order are, in descending order of precedence:
- Supreme Companion of OR Tambo in gold, for heads of state and, in special cases, heads of government (SCOT)
- Grand Companion of OR Tambo in silver, for heads of government, ministers of state, supreme court judges, presidents of legislatures, secretaries of state, ambassadors, commanders-in-chief (GCOT)
- Companion of OR Tambo in bronze, for legislators, envoys, senior military officers (COT)
Symbolism
The badge of the order is oval, and depicts a symbol similar to that of the Taijitu between two arrowheads, framed by two mole snakes. The symbol represents the meeting of diverse spiritual energies, and the snakes represent solidarity and support. The South African coat of arms is displayed on the reverse.
The ribbon is white, with recurring grey symbols down the centre. All three classes are worn around the neck.
Recipients are also presented with a carved wooden walking stick, which has a serpent wound around the shaft and a spoon-shaped head displaying the badge of the order and the national arms. The walking stick symbolises support and solidarity, and a commitment to stand by the recipient in return.
Recipients
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:40%;text-align:center;" |
| width=50% | Name
! width=20% | Grade ! width=30% | Awarded |
|---|
| data-sort-value="Olof Palme" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Olof Palme
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Kenneth Kaunda" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|ZAM}} Kenneth David Kaunda
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 10 December 2002 |
| data-sort-value="Mahatma Gandhi" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mahatma Gandhi (posthumous) | data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 10 December 2002 |
| data-sort-value="Eduardo Mondlane" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|MOZ}} Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Agostinho Neto" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AGO}} Agostinho Neto
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Kwame Nkrumah" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GHA}} Kwame Nkrumah
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Julius Nyerere" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|TZA}} Julius Nyerere
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Amílcar Cabral" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GNB}} Amílcar Cabral
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Salim Ahmed Salim" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|TZA}} Salim Ahmed Salim
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Kofi Annan" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GHA}} Kofi Annan
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Salvador Allende" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|CHL}} Salvador Allende (posthumous) | data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Martti Ahtisaari" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Martti Ahtisaari
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Michael Manley" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|JAM}} Michael Manley
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Martin Luther King" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Martin Luther King Jr.
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Patrice Lumumba" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1963}} Patrice Lumumba
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Ahmed Ben Bella" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|DZA}} Ahmed Ben Bella
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Ernst Michanek" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} {{ill|Ernst Michanek|sv}}
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Ramesh Chandra" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Romesh Chandra
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Barbara Castle" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Barbara Castle
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Reiulf Steen" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Reiulf Steen
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Thorvald Stoltenberg" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Thorvald Stoltenberg
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Maxine Waters" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Maxine Waters
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Vasily Grigoryevich Solodovnikov" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vasily Grigoryevich Solodovnikov
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Robert Hughes" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Robert Hughes
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Boudewijn Sjollema" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NLD}} Boudewijn Sjollema
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 16 June 2004 |
| data-sort-value="FIFA" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland|civil}} FIFA
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 29 October 2004{{cite web|title=24 outstanding South Africans|url=http://www.southafrica.info/about/people/nationalorders2004b.htm|website=southafrica.info|publisher=Brand SA|access-date=29 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=National Orders awards 29 October 2004 |url=http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/orders/recipients/2004.htm |website=South African Government Information |access-date=29 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026132830/http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/orders/recipients/2004.htm |archive-date=26 October 2012 }} |
| data-sort-value="Lennart Johansson" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Lennart Johansson
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 29 October 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Trevor Richards" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NZL}} Trevor Richards
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 29 October 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Ahmed Sékou Touré" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GIN}} Ahmed Sékou Touré
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 29 October 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Gamal Abdel Nasser" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|EGY}} Gamal Abdel Nasser
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 29 October 2004 |
| data-sort-value="Cheddi Jagan" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GUY}} Dr. Cheddi Jagan
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Ahmed Sukarno" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IDN}} Ahmed Sukarno
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 26 April 2005 |
| data-sort-value="Diallo Telli" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GIN}} Diallo Telli
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 26 April 2005 |
| data-sort-value="Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|BWA}} Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 26 April 2005 |
| data-sort-value="Jawaharlal Nehru" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Jawaharlal Nehru
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 26 April 2005 |
| data-sort-value="Vladimir Gennadyevich Shubin" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Gennadyevich Shubin
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 26 April 2005 |
| data-sort-value="Sheikh Yusuf" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IDN}} Sheikh Yusuf
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Modibo Keita" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|MLI}} Modibo Keita
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Seretse Khama" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|BWA}} Seretse Khama
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 20 April 2006 |
| data-sort-value="Sobhuza" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SWZ}} King Sobhuza II
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 20 April 2006 |
| data-sort-value="Moshoeshoe" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|LSO}} King Moshoeshoe II
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 20 April 2006 |
| data-sort-value="Sotiris Mousouris" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GRC}} Sotiris Mousouris
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 20 April 2006 |
| data-sort-value="Anthony Sampson" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Anthony Sampson
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 20 April 2006 |
| data-sort-value="Joseph Leabua Jonathan" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|LSO}} Chief Joseph Leabua Jonathan
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Eric Eustace Williams" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|TTO}} Dr. Eric Eustace Williams
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="Shridath Ramphal" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GUY}} Shridath Ramphal
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="Ali Al'amin Mazrui" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|KEN}} Dr. Ali Al'amin Mazrui
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="Michael Kitso Dingake" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|BWA}} Michael Kitso Dingake
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="John Collins" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Canon John Collins
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="Harry Belafonte" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Harry Belafonte
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="Mandlenkosi Zwane" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SWZ}} Mandlenkosi Aloysius Isaac Zwane
| data-sort-value="3" style="background-color:#B9722D" | COT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="Salman El-Herfi" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Palestine}} Salman El-Herfi
| data-sort-value="3" style="background-color:#B9722D" | COT | 24 April 2007 |
| data-sort-value="Emeka Anyaoku" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NGA}} Chief Emeka Anyaoku
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Harry Belafonte" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 22 April 2008 |
| data-sort-value="Philip Potter" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|WIN}} Philip Potter
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 22 April 2008 |
| data-sort-value="Per Wästberg" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Per Wästberg
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 22 April 2008 |
| data-sort-value="Ron Dellums" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Ron Dellums
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 22 April 2008 |
| data-sort-value="Harry Belafonte" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Harry Belafonte
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 22 April 2008 |
| data-sort-value="Jerry Dunfey" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Jerry Dunfey
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 22 April 2008 |
| data-sort-value="Linda Biehl" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Linda Biehl
| data-sort-value="3" style="background-color:#B9722D" | COT | 22 April 2008 |
| data-sort-value="Fidel Castro" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|CUB}} Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Christian Krause" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|DEU}} {{ill|Christian Krause|de}}
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 March 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Sadako Ogata" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Sadako Ogata
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 March 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Marcelino dos Santos" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|MOZ}} Marcelino dos Santos
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 March 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Bengt Säve-Söderbergh" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} {{ill|Bengt Säve-Söderbergh|sv}}
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 March 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Andimba Toivo ya Toivo" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NAM}} Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 March 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Jennifer Davis" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|ZA}} Jennifer Davis
| data-sort-value="3" style="background-color:#B9722D" | COT | 27 March 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Anna Abdallah" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|TZA}} Anna Abdallah
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |
| data-sort-value="William Cullen Wilcox" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Rev. William Cullen Wilcox
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 2 December 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Ida Belle Wilcox" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Ida Belle Wilcox
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 2 December 2009 |
| data-sort-value="Queen Elizabeth II" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Elizabeth II
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="José Eduardo dos Santos" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AGO}} José Eduardo dos Santos
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Joseph Blatter" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland|civil}} Joseph Blatter
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 27 April 2010 |
| data-sort-value="Jacques Rogge" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacques Rogge
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2010 |
| data-sort-value="Issa Hayatou" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|CMR}} Issa Hayatou
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2010 |
| data-sort-value="Herbert Kaiser" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Herbert Kaiser
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2010 |
| data-sort-value="Joy Kaiser" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joy Kaiser
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2010 |
| data-sort-value="Vernon Berrangé" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|ZA}} Vernon Berrangé
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2010 |
| data-sort-value="George Houser" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} George Houser
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2010 |
| data-sort-value="Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Hélène Pastoors" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Hélène Pastoors
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2011 |
| data-sort-value="Viacheslav Shiryaev" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Viacheslav Shiryaev
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2011 |
| data-sort-value="Edward Kennedy" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Edward M. Kennedy
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Apollon Davidson" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Prof. Apollon B Davidson
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2012 |
| data-sort-value="Randall Robinson" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Randall Robinson
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2012 |
| data-sort-value="Forbes Burnham" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GUY}} Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Percival Patterson" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|JAM}} Percival Noel James Patterson
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 27 April 2013 |
| data-sort-value="Enuga Reddy" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2013 |
| data-sort-value="Jesse Jackson" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2013 |
| data-sort-value="Dina Forti" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|EGY}} Dina Forti
| data-sort-value="3" style="background-color:#B9722D" | COT | 27 April 2013 |
| data-sort-value="Giuseppe Soncini" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Soncini
| data-sort-value="3" style="background-color:#B9722D" | COT | 27 April 2013 |
| data-sort-value="Richard Attenborough" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Lord Attenborough
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |
| data-sort-value="Gwendolen Carter" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Prof. Gwendolen Margaret Carter
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Jeanne Martin Cissé" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GIN}} Jeanne-Martin Cissé
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Jerry David Dammers" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Jerry David Dammers
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Danny Glover" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Danny Glover
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Quincy Jones" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Quincy Delight Jones
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Thomas Karis" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Thomas Karis
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Neil Kinnock" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Lord Kinnock
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Alexander Moumbaris" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|EGY}} Alexander Moumbaris
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Ruth Neto" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AGO}} Ruth Neto
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Alfre Woodard" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Alfre Woodard
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2014 |
| data-sort-value="Brian Mulroney" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Brian Mulroney
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT |
| data-sort-value="Hashim Mbita" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|TZA}} Hashim Mbita
| data-sort-value="1" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Gareth Evans" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gareth Evans
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Peter Hain" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Lord Hain
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Vladimir Kazimirov" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Kazimirov
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Gay McDougall" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|US}} Gay McDougall
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Lars Nordbo" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lars Nordbo
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Andrey Urnov" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Urnov
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Lim Kok Wing" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|MYS}} Dr. Lim Kok Wing
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 27 April 2015 |
| data-sort-value="Sam Nujoma" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NAM}} Sam Nujoma
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#D4AF37" | SCOT | 27 April 2018 |
| data-sort-value="Walter Khotso Makhulu" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Walter Khotso Makhulu{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Makhulu honoured for helping SA’s liberation |work=anglicanchurchsa.org |date=26 April 2019 |access-date=26 April 2019 |url= https://anglicanchurchsa.org/archbishop-makhulu-honoured-for-helping-sas-liberation/ }}{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Khotso Makhulu (United Kingdom (UK)) {{!}} The Presidency |url=https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/national-orders/recipient/archbishop-khotso-makhulu-united-kingdom-uk |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=www.thepresidency.gov.za}}
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 25 April 2019 |
| data-sort-value="Tracy Chapman" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Chapman{{Cite web |last=Khumalo |first=Juniour |title=Siya Kolisi, Desiree Ellis, Tracy Chapman among 32 bestowed national orders by Ramaphosa |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/government/siya-kolisi-desiree-ellis-tracy-chapman-among-32-bestowed-national-orders-by-ramaphosa-20230429 |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 1 May 2023 |
| data-sort-value="Christabel Gurney" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UK}} Christabel Gurney
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 1 May 2023 |
| data-sort-value="Thomas Oliver Newnham" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NZ}} Thomas Oliver Newnham (Posthumous)
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 1 May 2023 |
| data-sort-value="Peter Tosh" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|JAM}} Peter Tosh (Posthumous)
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 1 May 2023 |
| data-sort-value="Ruth Weiss" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Ruth Weiss
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT | 1 May 2023 |
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NLD}} Huub Bammens{{cite web |last=Baleni |first=Phindile |date=23 April 2024 |title=Statement by the Chancellor of the National Orders, Director-General in The Presidency Ms Phindile Baleni on the announcement of the recipients of National Orders |url=https://thepresidency.gov.za/statement-chancellor-national-orders-director-general-presidency-ms-phindile-baleni-announcement |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa}}
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |23 April 2024 |
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Donna Katzens
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |23 April 2024 |
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Ken Luckhard
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |23 April 2024 |
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|UK}} Nicholas Stadlen (Posthumous)
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |23 April 2024 |
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|NLD}} Fulco Van Aurich
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |23 April 2024 |
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Brenda Wall
| data-sort-value="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | GCOT |23 April 2024 |
Refusals
On 28 January 2008, New Zealand anti-apartheid activist John Minto created a controversy over his letter to former South African President Thabo Mbeki after being nominated for the award, saying that he would refuse, on principle, to accept any award from the ANC.{{cite web|url=https://johnminto.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/open-letter-to-the-president-of-south-africa/| title=Open letter to the President of South Africa| publisher=John Minto|date =2008-01-28}}