“As we welcome these patriots back home, we owe our everlasting gratitude to the countries that offered these freedom fighters shelter, support and, in the end, a fitting resting place. We are grateful in this instance to the governments and peoples of Zambia and Zimbabwe for having taken great care of our compatriots and for enabling their remains to be repatriated,” Ramaphosa said.
He said like other countries on our continent – and in other parts of the world – these fighters stood alongside South Africa during the freedom struggle.
Ramaphosa said their names will forever be inscribed at the Wall of Names in Freedom Park.
“We must continue to honour those men and women whose love for their country and its people motivated them to sacrifice their lives for freedom,” Ramaphosa said.
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