SA launches next phase of repatriation programme

By Akani Nkuna

The National Prosecuting Authority will be in four African countries over the next month-and-a-half following the launch of phase 2 of its programme to repatriate the remains of liberation heroes.

It is a key step in national efforts towards restorative justice and historical redress.

Arts, Sports and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie told reporters in Pretoria on Monday that the initiative, which was carried out in partnership with the departments of Justice and Defence and Military Veterans, would focus on reburying the remains of indigenous Khoi and San ancestors, as well as South Africans who died in exile during the anti-apartheid struggle.

“The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture together with our partners and justice and defence is proud to announce two major national initiatives – the reburial of Khoi and San ancestral human remains (and) the second phase of the exile repatriation project, something that the GNU