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The reburial of struggle hero Adv Nokwe.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says his administration is committed to restoring the dignity of activists who died and were buried abroad, and to those who were subjected to indignities in foreign lands.
He was speaking at the reburial of the remains of former African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Advocate Duma Nokwe, saying that the government must unashamedly honour those who suffered for the country’s freedom.
This is contained in his weekly letter to the nation on Monday morning.
Nokwe is amongst the 42 former freedom fighters who died in exile and whose remains were repatriated from Zambia and Zimbabwe last September.
[WATCH] Remembering the life and legacy of Cde Adv Duma Nokwe SC and Mama Vuyiswa Nokwe #FreedomWasNotFree #ANCSGDumaNokwe#ThunderReturnsHome pic.twitter.com/5oiI7RjjLl
— ANC – African National Congress (@MYANC) May 18, 2025
He says government is contending with the country’s past in the interests of social cohesion and nation-building. They have advanced policies of restitution and redress to acknowledge and correct the historical injustice of apartheid.
[WATCH LIVE] Reburial & Funeral Service of Adv Duma and Mama Vuyiswa Nokwe.
— ANC – African National Congress (@MYANC) May 17, 2025
The President cites the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as a way to shed light on the atrocities committed during apartheid. With some of the apartheid-era security officials either having refused to appear before the TRC or not fully disclosing their actions, others have resorted to delaying tactics and obstruction to evade trial.
However, Ramaphosa assures the families of the victims that they will find justice, insisting that he is in the process of establishing a judicial commission of inquiry to look into allegations of interference in the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by TRC.
Reburial of late ANC SG Dumalisile Nokwe’s remains:
