Sunday World reports that the Malawian and Mozambican governments last week repatriated the bodies of victims of the George building tragedy in which 33 construction workers were killed.

It was reported last week that the families of the deceased from the SADC region were frustrated by a lack of assistance from their respective foreign missions. Some even put out a call to fugitive Malawian pastor Shepherd Bushiri for help. According to the Malawi High Commission’s Panji Chirwa, their government repatriated the nine remaining bodies to Malawi for burial last week. Thanking the SA government and funeral undertaker AVBOB for their assistance, he indicated: “We transported the bodies and 13 relatives to escort their loved ones to Malawi. As the families had no funds to repatriate their loved ones, we had to get involved as the government of Malawi to make sure that our brothers and sisters get repatriated home to be buried in dignity in their own country.” AVBOB’s Gert Niehaus said there was only one body remaining at the mortuary. However, the deceased’s family from Lesotho was making final arrangements to bury the body.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Bongani Mdakane at Sunday World

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