crash site was inaugurated on January 19, 1999, by Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça, and by President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique. Now the monument is made professional and the memorial service is held on October 19 each year. Designed by Mozambican architect José Forjaz, at a cost to the South African government of 1.5 million Rand (US$300,000), the monument comprises 35 steel tubes symbolising the number of lives lost in the air crash. At least eight foreigners were killed there, including the four Soviet crew members, Machel's two Cuban doctors and the Zambian and Zairean ambassadors to Mozambique. There is a large street in downtown Dar es Salaam, the de facto capital of Tanzania, called Samora Avenue. One of the largest streets in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, was renamed Samora Machel Avenue (from Jameson Avenue) after independence in a gesture of gratitude for Machel's support for black liberation activities before majority rule. Also, a street in Moscow bears his name and the Zimbabwean band R.U.N.N. family had a hit song that mourned his loss. Printed sources Munslow, Barry (ed.). Samora Machel, An African Revolutionary: Selected Speeches and Writings, London: Zed Books, 1985. See also List of unsolved deaths References External links Samora Machel Archive at marxists.org Speech by Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial The TRC's Special Investigation into the death of President Samora Machel A case of assassination? President Samora Machel and the plane crash at Mbuzini Biographical notes on Samora Machel Graça Machel and Mandela Historic film essay on Frelimo and Samora Machel's rehabilitation program 1933 births 1986 deaths African revolutionaries Communist rulers FRELIMO politicians Mozambican independence activists Lenin Peace Prize recipients Mozambican atheists Mozambican communists Mozambican pan-Africanists Mozambican revolutionaries People from Gaza Province Presidents of Mozambique State leaders killed in aviation accidents or incidents Tsonga people Unsolved deaths Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1986 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in South Africa