Mandla Mandela has called for Mthatha Airport to once again be named after King Kaizer Daliwonga Matanzima of Western Thembuland.
The airport was known as KD Matanzima Airport when Matanzima was the president of the apartheid-designed nominally independent Transkei government.
Mandela was speaking at the funeral of Nozuko Hazel Matanzima‚ the wife of Daliwonga Matanzima‚ in Gwatyu on Saturday.
Mandela said Matanzima’s name could not be erased from the history of this country.
“There were people who visited us‚ wanting to name the airport in honour of Nelson Dalibhunga Mandela. If they want to honour Dalibhunga they must name the Port Elizabeth Airport after Mandela‚” he said.
By: Tembile Sgqolana
Source: TMG Digital.
