Joburg pastor fails to rise from the dead after 579 days on ice

Court orders burial despite family's expectations of a miracle resurrection

26 March 2023 - 00:00

The family of a dead Johannesburg pastor, who was kept at a funeral home for 579 days after his wife had a “vision” he would be resurrected, owes the undertaker about R100,000 for his recent burial, storage of his remains and legal costs...

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