Pretoria - The Missing Person’s Task Team is currently looking for the family members of some of the people who were killed in Matola, Mozambique, during what has come to be known as the Matola Raid on 30 January 1981.
An event to honour the lives of cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the former military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), who were killed during the raid will take place on 11 September as part of the Heritage Month activities.
President Jacob Zuma will be accompanied by Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa, who will unveil the Matola Memorial and Interpretative Centre in Maputo.
The monument will not only be a reminder of those who died during the raid, but will also act as a testimony to the supreme price the people of Mozambique paid to help liberate South Africa.
The SA Defence Force carried out a raid on ANC houses in Matola, Mozambique on January 30, 1981. Sixteen South Africans and one Portuguese national were killed.
The project is also expected to boost tourism and create jobs while honouring the country's liberation struggle heroes and heroines.
Government has asked for families of the people who were killed during the raid to contact Ambrose on 0847669330 or Madeleine on 0825769220.
The names of the people who were buried in Mozambique are as follows:
- Lewis Rapitsi
- Philemon Joe Matlakala
- Stanley Mthembu
- Freddy Habedi
- Betty Elizabeth Mioche
- Augustine Nomasonto
- Peter France
The following families are also being traced:
- Family of Daniel Molebatsi
- Family of Nelson Ndunamvula
- Family of Mduduzeli Sibanyoni
- SAnews.gov.za
