A Durban family has been in and out of the Isipingo Home Affairs office for almost a year attempting to register the death of their son who was murdered in 2019 and was buried by the state before being positively identified.
Without the death certificate, the family cannot exhume his body and conduct a DNA test, a compulsory step before his body is handed to the family. Their hopes to afford him a dignified burial have also diminished as the family cannot carry funeral costs but are relying on their funeral plans and burial schemes. However, claims cannot be made without the death certificate.
On the night of his disappearance, a witness informed his family that Myeza had been assaulted by a local taxi owner and his drivers who accused him of stealing. He was then dumped on the side of the road next to a bridge and paramedics were called to the scene. When a year passed without his family coming forward and police unable to trace them, the Isipingo Funeral Service buried him. Four months later, his fingerprints came back and police were able to positively identify him and contacted his family.“Police were also shocked because at the time they were still in the process of finding us. He should not have been buried because they were still trying to find us,” she said. “They asked us to pay R1 700 for him to be exhumed and to conduct a DNA test.
“I was told to return in March this year but I was not able to receive assistance,”said Mzikayise. “I went back in April, again in July and my last visit was early last month. They said that they could no longer help us because he died in 2019 and that the head office in Pretoria had to authorise the issuing of the certificate.”“It has been a traumatic experience all over again, we want to give him a proper funeral but we can’t.
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