This Day in History: 9 August 1975
Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the ANC's highest honour of Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe. The ceremony to honour him with this award coincided with his 70th birthday celebration. It was held in Moscow where he had been hospitalised since 1969.