South Africa is sending a high level governmental
team to Nigeria with regard to the repatriation of
the bodies of their citizens who died in the
Synagogue Guest House collapse in September.
Addressing a post-cabinet press conference in
Cape Town and via video link to Pretoria on
Thursday, Minister in the Presidency and the
special envoy leading the visiting delegation, Mr
Jeff Hadebe, said that the purpose of the visit
was to meet with the Federal Government and the
Lagos State Government first-hand, with a view to
expediting action on the repatriation of the
bodies.
More than 80 South Africans are believed to be
among the 116 people who died in the Synagogue
building collapse.
DNA matching is said to still be ongoing at a
laboratory in Stellenbosch, in South Africa.
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