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The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has called on families of freedom fighters who died in exile to come forward with any information that might help identify their burial sites.
The aim is to repatriate their remains so they can be laid to rest with dignity on South African soil.
Speaking at a media briefing in Pretoria on Monday, Minister McKenzie announced that the government will soon send delegations to several African countries — including Angola, Lesotho, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — to begin the process of locating and inspecting the graves of those who died during the liberation struggle.
“We want to honour the wishes of Khoisan communities and the broader South African public by ensuring that our heroes are brought back and buried with the dignity they deserve,” said McKenzie.
He noted that thousands of South Africans went into exile during the liberation struggle, with many dying in foreign lands, buried in unmarked graves and unknown to their families.
“The Government of National Unity has made the repatriation of our exiled heroes a national priority,” McKenzie said. “President Cyril Ramaphosa has been clear that we must bring our heroes home.”
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