Order of Mapungubwe

E51211
civil decoration grade of order national order

The Order of Mapungubwe is one of South Africa’s highest national honors, awarded by the president to citizens for exceptional achievements that have raised the country’s international prestige.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum 1
Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze 1
Order of Mapungubwe in Gold 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil decoration ⓘ
grade of order ⓘ
grade of order ⓘ
grade of order ⓘ
grade of order ⓘ
national order ⓘ
administeredBy Chancery of Orders in the Presidency of South Africa ⓘ
awardedBy President of South Africa ⓘ
awardedFor exceptional achievement in international arena ⓘ
awardingFrequency annually ⓘ
conferredFor outstanding contribution to humanity ⓘ
raising South Africa’s international profile ⓘ
conferredOn individuals ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
eligibility South African citizens ⓘ
non-citizens in exceptional cases ⓘ
established 2002 ⓘ
firstAwarded 2002 ⓘ
hasGrade Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze

Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Gold

Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum

Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Silver
higherThan Order of the Baobab ⓘ
insigniaFeature baobab tree ⓘ
gold rhinoceros ⓘ
surface form: golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe

image of Mapungubwe hill ⓘ
rising sun ⓘ
legalBasis national honours system of South Africa ⓘ
motto Excellence ⓘ
mottoLanguage English ⓘ
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form: Sepedi
namedAfter Kingdom of Mapungubwe ⓘ
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape ⓘ
surface form: Mapungubwe
partOf Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa ⓘ
positionInPrecedence one of the highest national orders of South Africa ⓘ
postNominalLettersForGrade OMB (Bronze) ⓘ
OMG (Gold) ⓘ
OMP (Platinum) ⓘ
OMS (Silver) ⓘ
purpose to recognize exceptional achievements that have raised South Africa’s international prestige ⓘ
rank highest grade of the Order of Mapungubwe ⓘ
selectionProcess nominations reviewed by a national advisory committee ⓘ
status currently constituted ⓘ
symbolizes African heritage and precolonial South African civilization ⓘ
typeOfMeritRecognized other exceptional achievement ⓘ
scholarly achievement ⓘ
scientific achievement ⓘ
technological achievement ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

F. W. de Klerk → awardReceived → Order of Mapungubwe ⓘ
Nelson Mandela → awardReceived → Order of Mapungubwe ⓘ
Thabo Mbeki → awarded → Order of Mapungubwe ⓘ
Order of Mapungubwe → hasGrade → Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum
Order of Mapungubwe → hasGrade → Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Gold
Order of Mapungubwe → hasGrade → Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Silver
Order of Mapungubwe → hasGrade → Order of Mapungubwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze