Remains of executed PAC activists exhumed, reunited with relatives
Pretoria - Siyanda Madikane climbed into his great uncle's unmarked grave to speak to him and collect the dirt around brittle bones.
"We are here for you, we are coming to take you home to lie next to your father, your brothers, your uncles, everyone," said Madikane on Thursday
Lennox Mngambi Madikane - his uncle - was executed by hanging when he was only 25 years old on November 1, 1963.
Lennox was among 10 Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members who were executed for political crimes [for Sabotage and murder – PW] and buried in unmarked graves in the Mamelodi West Cemetery in Pretoria, more than 50 years ago.
The members who were part of the PAC's armed wing, Poqo, were hanged during 1963 to 1967. Their graves were exhumed on Thursday.