Order of Good Hope

Order of Good Hope
Badge of the Order of Good Hope
Awarded by  South Africa
Type	Order
Motto	"SPES BONA"
Awarded for	Foreigners for promoting international relations and the interests of South Africa. During 1980-88 it was also awarded to South African citizens.
Status	Dormant
Grades	Grand Cross Grand Officer Commander Officer Member (88-02)
Former grades	Grand Collar (73-88)
Statistics
Established	1973. Discontinued in 2002 as replaced by the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
First induction	1973
Last induction	2000
Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of Good Hope or Order of the Cape of Good Hope has been a knighthood order of the Republic of South Africa.

The Order of Good Hope was founded in 1973 by the republican government of South Africa to grant those who have distinguished themselves in the promotion of the international relationships and to have sensibilized the general interest towards South Africa and was abolished in 2002.

President Nelson Mandela had announced his intention to reform the Order. The new South African government saw the Order as a relic of apartheid, above all because of the insignia considered too European (the rays, the colours, the anchor and the Latin motto of the Order. Also the insignia was costing the government around 11,000 Rand per initiate. In its place was created the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo.

Awarded to foreign citizens (and, from 1980 to 1988, to South Africans too), for promoting international relations with the increasingly isolated apartheid state. The order was originally divided into five classes:

The order was reorganised in 1988: