South Africa returns looted Zimbabwean remains and sacred artefact

South Africa has handed back ancestral human remains and a sacred national artefact to Zimbabwe, marking a significant step in the global push to return items taken during the colonial era.

The handover ceremony took place Tuesday at a museum in Cape Town, where eight coffins draped in the Zimbabwean flag stood in solemn tribute. The remains, removed more than a century ago, were taken as so-called “scientific specimens” during…