Staff Reporter
The remains of 44-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man Sihle Makhaye, who died in Russia after being recruited under false pretences, have been returned to South Africa ahead of his funeral in Kranskop this weekend, KwaZulu-Natal MEC Siboniso Duma said on Monday.
Duma, the MEC for Transport and Human Settlements and leader of government business in the province, said Makhaye died in Russia on 28 March. His wife, Sibonile Ndwandwe, contacted the provincial government in April seeking help to repatriate his body.
“She indicated that Makhaye, who was 44 at the time of his death, was recruited under false pretences to work in Russia. Upon his arrival in that country, he was asked to sign a one-year contract as a condition to fight in a war between Russia and Ukraine. He refused to do both,” Duma told a media briefing at the Royal Hotel in Durban.
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