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Searching for lost lives: S.Africa's unidentified corpses

Published on: Sunday 11 August 2019

Searching for lost lives: S.Africa's unidentified corpses 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. The routine is a sombre reminder of South Africa's perennial failure to identify many corpses. At the busiest mortuaries



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