South Africa Waits on Bodies from Nigeria
Bodies of South Africans who died in the collapse of a building at the Synagogue Church of all Nations in Lagos continue to decompose and are yet to be repatriated to their families, the government has said.
Scene of the building collapse in Lagos (file photo).
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South Africa:
TB Joshua Sends Money, Holy Water to Collapse Victims' Families
SAPA, 5 October 2014
Evangelist TB Joshua has sent a team to South Africa to deliver money, anointed water, and maize meal to the families of those killed at his guesthouse, which collapsed In Nigeria… Read more »
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South Africa:
Post-Mortems Completed On Nigeria Building Victims
SAnews.gov.za, 3 October 2014
Post-mortems on all 116 deceased, who died when the guesthouse belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria collapsed last month, have been completed, government… Read more »
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South Africa:
Update On Efforts to Repatriate Mortal Remains of SA Citizens From Nigeria
Govt of SA, 3 October 2014
The Inter-Ministerial Task Team is pleased to announce that we have reached another critical milestone on the path towards the repatriation of South African citizens who lost their… Read more »
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The deaths of 84 South Africans at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, has brought bureaucratic difficulties that may further strain already tenuous relations ... Read more »
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Two South Africans, who lost relatives when a guest house at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos collapsed, have indicated that they intend to sue Nigerian evangelist T.B. ... Read more »