Relative Buried Without Family Knowledge in Esidimeni Tragedy

Publisher:
SABC
Publication Date:
4 December 2017
Tags:
South Africa, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs

As the Esidimeni tragedy is being unraveled at the arbitration hearings. A Johannesburg family spent hours in a neglected cemetery trying to locate the remains of their loved one. The Maratele family only learnt three weeks ago that their relative Maria, died at a Soweto facility and has been buried. The family spoke to SABC reporter Manqoba Mchunu about their 18 month search.

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