The exhumed remains of the so-called Cato Manor Nine have finally been returned to their families and buried in Durban. The men were hanged 59 years ago, after being accused of killing 9 apartheid-era police officers. The murder took place in 1960. eNCA’s Dasen Thathiah reports. CourtesyJOHANNESBURG - South African authorities on Friday reburied nine men hanged by the apartheid government in 1961 in one of the darkest episodes of the country's racially-divided past.
Hailed by the anti-apartheid movement as heroes, the nine were buried in unmarked graves in the capital Pretoria, some 640 kilometre away. They were reburied with honour on Friday at Heroes Arch in Chesterville - the resting place in KwaZulu-Natal for many apartheid activists and musicians. "As we return the mortal remains of the nine martyrs to their families, we are reminded that the freedoms we enjoy today came at a fatal cost."The nine comprise Thembinkosi Mthembu; Fanozi Mgubungu; Msayineke Khuzwayo; Sililo Miya; Payiyana Dladla; Mahemu Goqo; Maqandeni Lushozi; Thompson Chamane and Mhlawungeni Khuzwayo.
Those are the real struggle heroes.not the big bellied ones that are leading us.
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