NEWS FEATURE: The death of a mortuary
Joburg’s forensic pathologists work amid squalor, horrific odours and squatters in adjacent derelict buildings
If your loved one is killed in a violent way or suffers sudden death, you will have to visit this dilapidated downtown mortuary surrounded by urban grime
02 August 2022 - 11:29
If you die from unnatural causes anywhere within the main highways which border the south of Johannesburg, your body will be taken to the mortuary in Braamfontein. ..
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