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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The brother of slain freedom fighter, Basil February, says he wishes the repatriation happened while their parents were alive.<\/p>\n

February, who was an uMkhonto weSizwe operative died in combat after being exiled to Zimbabwe in 1967.<\/p>\n

Fifty-seven years after he was shot dead by apartheid security forces in Bulawayo, February’s remains were brought back to South Africa in September.<\/p>\n

Terence February, the younger brother of Basil, said that the family could finally start healing.<\/p>\n

However, after laying his brother to rest at the family’s burial plot in Somerset West on Tuesday, February said he wished it happened sooner.<\/p>\n

“The only regret that I have is that after all these years, I think it would’ve been so much better if this repatriation could have occurred while my mother and father were alive.”<\/p>\n

February said that while burying his brother, his thoughts were with their mother.<\/p>\n

“My mother mourned Basil’s death since 1967 until the day she died in 2004.”<\/p>\n

February said that although it felt surreal, burying his brother on home soil had brought the family relief.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, governance expert, Judith February, said that laying her cousin to rest had brought the family relief.<\/p>\n

She said it was an emotional time for the family.<\/p>\n

“It is a very important closing of the circle for our family because as President Ramaphosa said, this person who left South Africa as a pariah, he returns with his citizenship restored.”<\/p>\n

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