South Africa welcomed the mortal remains of 42 freedom fighters who passed away in exile in Zimbabwe and Zambia during the struggle against white minority rule. The remains were exhumed in Zambia and Zimbabwe and received at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria for reburial in their home country.
The repatriation is part of a government initiative to bring closure to families of those who died while serving in the underground structures of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress. Many activists left South Africa before the end of apartheid to receive military training abroad or to avoid arrest by the apartheid regime.
