Ek voel ontsaglik trots dat demokratiese Suid-Afrika verstanding en fyngevoelig genoeg was om erkenning te gee aan wat Albert Luthuli en Oliver Tambo vir ons volk beteken deur twee van ons nasionale ordes na hulle te vernoem: die Orde van Luthuli, en die Orde van die Metgeselle van OR Tambo. Ek dra ook kennis van die diepe trots wat ervaar is deur almal wat tot die geledere van die hoogaangeskrewe nasionale ordes toegelaat is.
I feel immensely proud that democratic South Africa has had the sense and sensitivity to acknowledge what Albert Luthuli and Oliver Tambo mean to our nation by naming two of our National Orders after them - the Order of Luthuli, and the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo. I also know of the great pride felt by those who have been admitted into the ranks of the eminent National Orders.