Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says Cabinet, at its meeting on Wednesday, was briefed on a plan to exhume the remains of political activists who were hanged during apartheid.
He said there were at least 130 political prisoners who were hanged for politically-related offences between 1960 and 1990, after which the death penalty was suspended.
“These patriots will be properly buried in their places of origin,” explained the Minister at a briefing in Cape Town on Thursday on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting.
This process follows the public launch of the Gallows Exhumation Project on 23 March 2016 at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre, to commence with the exhumation of the remains of 83 political activists over a period of six months before the end of 2016/17. – SAnews.gov.za
