By Lebone Rodah Mosima
The government has launched the second phase of its Exile Repatriation Programme 2026/27 to locate, identify and repatriate the remains of South Africans who died in exile during the liberation struggle in Angola between 1976 and 1992.
The initiative, led by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) in partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), the Department of Defence (DoD), the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) and the African National Congress (ANC), was unveiled at Freedom Park in Pretoria on Friday.
Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie said government had identified more than 400 graves across Luanda and Angola’s northern, eastern and southern provinces that could potentially be recovered.
“Angola holds the largest concentration of South Africans who died in exile and is therefore the first country of focus under the Five-Year Plan,” McKenzie said.
He urged families to register
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