KEY POINTS
- South Africa faces hurdles in bringing back the remains of anti-apartheid heroes from exile.
- Families and the government work together to honour those who died fighting for freedom.
- Despite delays, efforts continue, keeping hope alive for a respectful return of their remains.
South Africa has been trying for years to repatriate the remains of the people who died fighting apartheid. Such people were expelled and many of them never returned to their homes ever again.
Now, years after apartheid, their families and the government are experiencing new difficulties in the process of bringing these heroes back to South Africa.
The main challenge that has been observed is that there are so many people who have their remains in other countries up to date.
Most of the apartheid struggle activists who escaped the South African regime during the fight against apartheid regime dictatorship regime died in foreign countries away from the home they fought to free. Families are demanding closure and often this has taken a long time and is accompanied by many complications.
Initiatives by families and the government
The families of these heroes and the South African government have not relented in their push to have the fallen heroes recognized.
The Department of Arts and Culture has been working on the repatriation project, but the challenges of identifying the remains and dealing with foreign governments’ protocols make it difficult.
Often, the bodies are unidentified and this makes the task much harder. But the determination is still intact. According to the AP News, the South African government is still involved in such actions; President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to ensure that these heroes are honoured, and their remains returned home with dignity.
Challenges and hope in the life of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Even though the process may be slow, people have a feeling that everyone is working for the same goal. It is not just a matter concerning the families that look forward to the returns of these remains, but it is each nation to the galaxy to awake and reckon what price was paid by those that were fighting to free the world.
Every move made helps to eventually bring closure to these people and to properly pay tribute to the heroes of South Africa.
However, the story that reveals how South Africa is struggling to look for the lost heroes makes the world realize that the struggle for justice and memory continues.
It should be expected that shortly, these courageous people will find a suitable place in the land which they liberated, to give their families, friends, and descendants, peace and comfort, and to become an eternal memory of the great events which took place in the history of Russia.
