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Earlier this spring, the South African government announced that it was presenting the O R Tambo Award posthumously to former President of Guyana Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham. The prestigious award is given to foreign citizens who have promoted South African interests and aspirations through co-operation, solidarity, and support.

Lesson One: The people are responsible for the leader they elect.

Lesson Two: The rigging of an election cannot be accomplished by the leader alone; it is in collaboration with those who are complicit.

Lesson Three: No matter the group to which the leader belongs, there will always be people willing to cross “party lines” because it suits their interests.

The Struggle for Human Dignity - ADDRESS BY L.F.S. BURNHAM, O.E., S.C. President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, on the occasion of the opening of the International Forum on the Liberation of Southern Africa at the National Cultural Centre Georgetown, 30th April, 1981

Background:
His Excellency Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana, formerly British Guiana, in December 1964. Following a change in the National Constitution in 1980, he was designated Executive President and Head of State.

High winds coupled with high spring tides are creating dangerous situations along the seawalls in Guyana. Video shows huge waves overtopping the seawall at Sheriff Street in Georgetown and the Government officials have advised persons to stay away.

Below is the official confirmation of the "deferment" of the OR Tambo Award to President Forbes Burnham.

Exact Communication follows

From: Viljoen,D Ms:Ottawa,Minister Plenipotentiary,DIRCO <******@****.gov.za>
Date: Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Subject: FW: Deferment of the posthumous awarding of the Order of the Companions of O R Tambo
To: *****@*****.com

Guyanese have sat on their asses and allowed others to define their history for them. They spend enormous amounts of time on Facebook spewing bile and agonizing over who is trying to upstage or conspiring against them by creating similar groups etc.