Ancestral remains of six Khoi and San individuals, exhumed between 1868 and 1924 and held at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, have been returned to South Africa. The remains were formally repatriated in October 2025, marking a significant event for national healing and the restoration of dignity for the affected communities. The remains, which include those from the Northern and Western Cape, have been returned to the Iziko Museums in Cape Town and will be reburied in the Northern Cape at a later date.
For this year's commemoration of the international day for the elimination of violence against women, we consider the violence of removing ones bones from its grave, and what this means for indigenous peoples.
In this interview we hear from Annelize Kotze, from Iziko Museum, in Cape Town.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San)
Interviewee: Annelize Kotze
Image: Annelize Kotze
Music "Pista" , used with permission
Music "Burn your village to the ground" by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.
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