The families will now be able to give their relatives a proper burial, closing a painful chapter.The families will now be able to give their relatives a proper burial, closing a painful chapter.
“The six individuals lying before us tell us about different parts of our painful past. All sought to contribute to the struggle for democracy in different ways and today we pay tribute to that contribution and the price they paid.” Masutha was speaking during the handing over the exhumed remains of anti-apartheid activists at Freedom Park in Pretoria. The ceremony forms part of the Department’s efforts to implement the recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to bring closure to the families of those whose lives were lost during the apartheid era.PAC leader Narius Moloto says:”The freedom that we’re talking about we’re living in today, did not come free.
“Nevertheless, the government remains committed to the search in order to bring some form of closure to the families of the missing including symbolic reburial ceremonies where remains cannot be found.”
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