Government is disappointed with the Mail & Guardian's attempt to discredit the collaborative efforts of the South African and Nigerian governments to repatriate the bodies of South Africans that died in Nigeria. Government places it on record that no form of bartering with Nigeria was conducted during the repatriation process.
Spokesperson of the IMC on Information and Publicity, Phumla Williams, said, "The focus was and continues to remain the repatriation of all the mortal remains to South Africa. Government humbly reminds all South Africans that the families of the victims are in mourning and that they should be respected. The use of unnamed sources in this report is tantamount to bringing the repatriation process into disrepute, and obscures the focus of the process."
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