The media briefing will take place at Freedom Park in the country’s capital, Pretoria. It will be hosted by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture through the SA Heritage Resources Agency.
The initiative is being undertaken in partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Department of Defence and Military Veterans.
Government is expected to provide an update on the second phase of the 2026/27 Repatriation and Restitution of Human Remains and Heritage Objects Plan, with Angola identified as the immediate focus.
The work forms part of the Resistance and Liberation Heritage Route Programme, which seeks to preserve the memory of SA’s liberation struggle and honour those who died in exile.
The African National Congress remains an important partner in the process, having maintained an operational presence in Angola during the liberation struggle.
The repatriation programme gives effect to a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the governments of SA and Angola in December 2024 under the Roads to Independence: African Liberation Heritage Programme.
The agreement provides a framework for tracing, identifying, recovering and returning the remains of South Africans who died outside the country while participating in the struggle against apartheid.
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