A moment of deep reflection and historic significance unfolded in Cape Town today, as ancestral remains of Khoi and San descendants finally returned to South African soil after more than a century in foreign custody.
A homecoming ceremony was held at the Iziko Museum on Friday to officially welcome the remains, which were unethically exhumed between 1868 and 1924 and later held at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland.
The remains arrived in South Africa on Thursday night, where community representatives held a private cultural ritual to receive and honour their ancestors, marking an emotional moment of reconnection between heritage and homeland.