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S.Africa Wants Return of Apartheid-, Colonial-Era Remains
- During his 2020 State of the Nation Address, South Africa’s head of state pledged to exhume and return the remains of notable figures from the liberation struggle both within the country and internationally.
- This commitment followed decades of absence of justice for those who died in exile, many buried in unmarked graves, prompting a national project to identify and return these remains with dignity.
- The Exile Repatriation Project, led by the Departments of Sport, Arts and Culture, Justice, and Defence, involves a database of 400 names and works with international partners like the University of Glasgow to secure repatriations.
- Minister Gayton McKenzie expressed deep appreciation to the families involved, noting that last year 45 individuals honored as heroes were returned to South Africa, and plans are underway to respectfully rebury 58 indigenous ancestral remains from communities in the Northern Cape region.
- These initiatives promote healing, justice, and cultural restoration while calling on public and institutions to actively assist, suggesting a broader national effort to confront apartheid's painful legacy respectfully.
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South Africa: Government to Bring Back 58 Khoi and SAN Ancestral Remains for Reburial in SA
[SAnews.gov.za] As part of an initiative dedicated to remembrance, restorative justice, and the dignified return of South African ancestors, government intends to rebury 58 indigenous Khoi and San ancestral remains in the Northern Cape.
‘You can’t put a price on justice’: McKenzie on reburials of ancestral remains and exile repatriation project
Minister of sport, arts and culture Gayton McKenzie says the cost of reburying the remains of Khoe and San ancestors or bringing home the remains of freedom fighters who died in exile doesn't matter.
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S.Africa wants return of apartheid-, colonial-era remains
South Africa is determined to repatriate the remains of its people taken abroad during the colonial era and those who died in exile as anti-apartheid activists, the culture minister said Monday.
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