Restoring dignity

“The skeletal collection is tightly controlled at UCT,” says vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, and when 11 skeletons of 19th-century Khoi labourers from the Sutherland area were discovered, research immediately began on finding the descendants. Phakeng said it is “impossible” to undo the injustices of the past, but the university wishes to “restore dignity” to those from whom it was stolen centuries ago