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Special Report Transcript Episode 6, Section 4, Time 12:33

To be able to say goodbye and have a place to return to, the grave as a tangible sight for mourning and a link with those who have gone forever. The act of burying is an act of closure before those that remain can go on. // I have interest in the fact that, if the Commission can succeed and make thorough investigations just to get where my husband is. Even if it is his remains, even if he was burnt to death, even if you can get his ashes, even if it is the bone belonging to his body. Because, no person can just disappear without trace.

Notes: Graveyard; TRC testimony: Ncedine Mfeti

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