Baka-Nswazwi Home And Dry

This exercise earned the two countries showers of praise and accolades from the international community. For the concerned individuals this was merely an emotionally-charging operation that they viewed as a mere "return to their ancestral land'.

For them the repatriation of the remains of Kgosi Nswazwi signalled the beginning of the end of their exile. Like the biblical story about the Israelites and the promised land, they had patiently awaited their inevitable and imminent return to their motherland as negotiation between the two countries continued. For them December 2006 will remain indelible on their minds. For it marked the opening of the gates for them to safely return to their promised land. These are our brothers and sisters, our fellow countrymen, sons and daughters of this soil - Baka-Nswazwi.