/ 21 May 2000

MBEKI GETS HONORARY DOCTORATE

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki is to be awarded an honourary degree in Britain on Friday. Mbeki will be made an honourary Doctor of Laws by Glasgow Caledonian University for his outstanding contribution to democracy. The ceremony will take place at South Africa House in London. The university was the first British institution to award an honourary doctorate to former South African president Nelson Mandela in July 1996.