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17 hours ago · The remains of 42 liberation heroes and heroines were received at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Centurion last Wednesday. ALSO READ: ‘Long overdue’: Bodies of struggle stalwarts return to ...
5 days ago · Families of freedom fighters who died in exile are eagerly awaiting the return of their loved ones' remains, having hoped for this moment for over 30 years. Dozens of hearses are parked near the ...
3 days ago · Honouring SA’s liberation heroes and heroines. An emotional and befitting ceremony to honour the men and women who died in exile while fighting for the freedom that South Africans enjoy today was held in Pretoria on Friday. Phrases such as “you have fought a good fight and “you have finished the race,” were the order of the day at the ...
3 days ago · A “homecoming ceremony” on Friday for the repatriated remains of anti-apartheid activists who died in exile was aimed at reinstating their nationhood, citizenship and humanity and to forever ...
3 days ago · Any nation that values it freedom holds its liberation heroes and heroines in high regard. We are therefore, as government, making every effort to preserve our liberation heritage. To do so, we must honour all those who authored this history by taking part in the struggle to free our country.
3 days ago · Decades ago, these freedom fighters left a country that was at war with itself. They left a country in which the fundamental rights of its people were brutally and cruelly suppressed by apartheid, which was declared a crime against humanity. Today, their remains return to a free and democratic South Africa.
5 days ago · JOHANNESBURG - The airplane transporting the remains of former liberation fighters who died in exile in southern African countries has landed at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Centurion. The...
