Today our guest is National Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa  president Muzi hlengwa.

  • The National Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa has called for an intervention following a rise in theft of bodies.
  • The associations Muzi Hlengwa says there is a fraud syndicate that steals bodies, gives them a new identity, register a death certificate for insurance claims.
  • According to Hlengwa, some even go as far as conducting funerals to legitimise their claims.
  • Earlier this year, Hawks members from the Durban Serious Commercial Crime arrested four suspects including a funeral parlour owner.
  • According to police two of the suspects allegedly took out a life cover using an identity document of the victim.