Searching for lost lives: SA’s unidentified corpses
Mass pauper funerals for unclaimed bodies are held every month in Johannesburg
12 August 2019 - 18:59
At Olifantsvlei cemetery on the outskirts of southern Johannesburg, undertakers clad in white plastic overalls, boots and face masks take on a grim task: mass pauper burials.
They are burying 46 bodies that have been lying in public morgues, unidentified and unclaimed, for up to three months. It is undertaken every month — the numbers are often higher...
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