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A Lusikisiki family is shattered after burying the wrong body amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The family says that the funeral parlour only informed them that the mix-up had taken place after the burial.

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Yet another family has been left devastated after burying the wrong body. Image: Papi Morake/Gallo ImagesSource: Getty Images

Family spokesperson Manono Sombile says that they are, understandably, devastated by the incident.

The parlour advised that they want to exhume the body but that there is a further process.

IOLreports that two families from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces have buried the wrong person.

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The discovery was only made after one family reportedly insisted on viewing the body of their loved one.

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Source: Briefly News

Samantha RiddleSamantha Riddle is a former Mainstream/ Current Affairs Manager.

She covered the breaking stories and SA news from 2018-2021.

Currently, shes working for The South African.