Graves flattening angers family

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A 66-year-old man is now fuming after the graves at his family's grave site were allegedly flattened by Bojanala Platinum district municipality.

He said his family was forcefully removed from the land to make way for mining in the area."My family lived here for years before we were moved in the 1970s so that Lonmin can start mining the land. The government didn't care that we had been living here for years and they forcefully removed us," Mpete said.

"This road used to be about 2-3 metres wide. Not a lot of cars passed here. But I returned and found that the road was wider and the graves were gone. I was hurt and angry. This is an attack on my family. They have no respect for the dead. I don't know if the remains were also taken. It hurts," he said.

 

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