Representatives of both nations delivered a message of support at the homecoming ceremony of freedom fighters who died while exiled in their countries.
JOHANNESBURG - The Zimbabwean and Zambian governments said that they were proud to have offered refuge to members of the African National Congress , Pan Africanist Congress of Azania and other liberation movements who were exiled during apartheid.
from Zambia and Zimbabwe. Government officials and the families of the liberation heroes gathered at the Freedom Park Heritage Site in Pretoria to honour their legacies.Zimbabwe's High Commissioner to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, said that his country's government would continue to show its support, while Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Mabuba Monze said that her country’s government was proud to have played a part in South Africa's liberation.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Angie Motshekga said that the government would continue to repatriate the remains of freedom fighters. Draped with the National Flag, the remains of the 49 former freedom fighters are welcomed home by their families and government officials.
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