Groenewald's remains return to SA

"The bodies arrived from Kabul on Wednesday," said spokeswoman Teresa Conradie.

 

The three were killed in an attack on their home in Kabul, Afghanistan, by the Taliban two weeks ago.

 

She said Groenewald's wife Hannelie, a doctor, arrived back in South Africa on Tuesday.

 

 

She was at work at a clinic during the attack. She returned to find the bodies of her husband, their son Jean-Pierre, 17, and daughter Rode, 15, being taken away in ambulances.

 

A memorial service is to be held at the Dutch Reformed Church Moreleta Park on Friday.

 

Groenewald served as a pastor there for five years before the family moved to troubled Afghanistan as aid workers.