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Ramaphosa to deliver keynote address at reburial of Khoi, San remains – SABC News


President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver a keynote address on Monday at the reburial  of 63 Khoi and San people whose remains were unethically removed from South African soil more than a century ago.The remains that arrived in Cape Town in October 2025 were displayed overseas but have since reached Steinkopf in the Northern Cape, where a night vigil will be held  before the reburial on Monday. The remains were handed over from the Western Cape to the Northern Cape through a traditional ceremony.
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Preparations underway for reburial ceremony of 63 Khoi and San Ancestral remains in Steinkopf, Northern Cape
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