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{{short description|Highest award given by the African National Congress}}
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'''Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe''', until 1994 known as the  '''Isithwalandwe Medal''',<ref name=trev>{{cite web | title=Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe | website=Trevor Huddleston CR Memorial Centre | url=http://www.trevorhuddleston.org/page24.html | access-date=1 May 2020 | archive-date=3 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203051054/http://www.trevorhuddleston.org/page24.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> also known as the '''Isithwalandwe Award'''<ref name=natalia/> and also spelt '''Isithwalandwe'''<ref>{{cite web  | title=Isithwalandwe | website=A Dictionary of South African English | url=https://dsae.co.za/entry/isithwalandwe/e03365 | access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref> and '''Isithwalandwe/Seaparankwe''',<ref name=anc2019>{{cite web | title=ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Gwede Mantashe speaks on behalf of the ANC after the Officials led by the President awarded Isithwalandwe/Seaparankwe Ntate John Nkadimeng the highest honour of the ANC | website=African National Congress | date=15 April 2019 | url=https://www.anc1912.org.za/myanc-watch-anc-national-chairperson-comrade-gwede-mantashe-speaks-behalf-anc-after-officials-lead | access-date=1 May 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is the highest award given by the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) "to those who have made an outstanding contribution and sacrifice to the liberation struggle", that is, those who [[Internal resistance to apartheid|resisted the apartheid regime]] in [[South Africa]] (1949−1991) in various ways.<ref name=saho>{{cite web | title=Isith walandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014 | website=South African History Online | url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/isithwalandwe-seaparankoe-highest-award-honour-1955-2014 | access-date=1 May 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2023}}</ref>
Isithwalandwe means "the one who wears the plumes of the rare bird",<ref name=saho/> in particular the [[blue crane]]. This type of honor is taken directly from [[Xhosa people|Xhosa culture]] where the plume of the Ndwe bird was used as an award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dac.gov.za/sites/default/files/NationalSymbols.pdf |title=National Symbols |website=South Africa. Dept of Trade and Industry |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.dac.gov.za/sites/default/files/NationalSymbols.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was customarily only given to the bravest warriors, those distinguished by their leadership and heroism.<ref name=natalia>{{cite journal|url=http://natalia.org.za/Files/47/Natalia%20No%2047%20Article%20Isithwalandwe.pdf|first=Adrian|last=Kooopman|title=Isithwalandwe: The wearing of the crane feather|journal=Natalia|issue= 47 |date=December 2017|pages= 43–46|access-date=1 May 2020}} [http://natalia.org.za/Natalia/no47.html Natlia]</ref>
==Recipients==
Recipients include:<ref name=saho/>
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*1955	[[Yusuf Dadoo]]
*1955	Father [[Trevor Huddleston]]
*1955	Chief [[Albert Luthuli]]
*1975	[[Moses Kotane]]
*1980	[[Govan Mbeki]]
*1980	Bishop [[Ambrose Reeves]]
*1982	[[Lilian Ngoyi]]
*1988	[[Ahmed Kathrada]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017 | website=South African History Online | url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/ahmed-mohamed-kathrada-timeline-1929-2017 | access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
*1992	[[Harry Gwala]]
*1992	[[Helen Joseph]]
*1992	[[Nelson Mandela]]
*1992	[[Raymond Mhlaba]]
*1992	[[Wilton Mkwayi]]
*1992	[[Andrew Mlangeni]]
*1992	[[Elias Motsoaledi]]
*1992	[[Walter Sisulu]]
*1992	[[Oliver Tambo]]
*1994	[[Joe Slovo]]
*2004	[[Rachel Simons]]
*2008   [[Chris Hani]]
*2014   [[Ruth Mompati]]
*2014   [[Gertrude Shope]]
*2019   [[Denis Goldberg]]<ref name=isit>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/struggle-hero-denis-goldberg-honoured-by-his-award-from-the-anc-18932090|title=Struggle hero Denis Goldberg honoured by his award from the ANC|access-date=8 March 2019|date=23 January 2019|website=IOL (Cape Argus)}}</ref>
*2019   [[Sophia De Bruyn]],<ref name=isit/><ref name=sabc >{{cite web | title=Madikizela-Mandela bestowed Isithwalandwe Award | website=SABC News | date=12 January 2019 | url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/madikizela-mandela-bestowed-isithwalandwe-award/ | access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
*2019   [[John Nkadimeng]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Tandwa | first=Lizeka | title=Ramaphosa hands over ANC's highest honours to struggle veteran John Nkadimeng | website=News24 | date=15 April 2019 | url=https://www.news24.com/elections/news/ramaphosa-hands-over-ancs-highest-honours-to-struggle-veteran-john-nkadimeng-20190415 | access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=anc2019/><ref>{{cite web | last=Mvumvu | first=Zingisa | title=ANC endorsed by family of veteran John 'Joe' Nkadimeng | website=TimesLIVE | date=15 April 2019 | url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-04-15-anc-endorsed-by-family-of-veteran-john-joe-nkadimeng/ | access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
*2019   [[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela]]<ref name=isit/><ref name=sabc />
*2019   [[Ahmed Timol]]<ref name=isit/><ref name=sabc />
*2019   [[Albertina Sisulu]]<ref name=isit/><ref name=sabc />
*2019   [[Charlotte Maxeke]]<ref name=isit/><ref name=sabc />
*2023   [[Ben Fihla]]
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20180903100803/http://anc.org.za/content/isitwalandwe-seaparankoe}}
[[Category:South African awards]]
[[Category:African National Congress]]
[[Category:Military decorations and medals of South Africa]]