S.Africa wants return of apartheid, colonial-era remains

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) helps Farieda Omar (L), wife of Dullah Omar, former anti-Apartheid activist and Minister of Justice, at the cemetery where Omar is buried in Cape Town on January 8, 2025. [AFP]

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.

The government was in contact with foreign institutions over the return of remains of indigenous people, including from the KhoiSan group who are regarded as among the country's "first people", minister Gayton McKenzie told reporters.