An Alex man who was reported in Alex News of 11 August as having risen from the dead, is getting reintegrated into society and residents known to him have accepted the mistaken burial of someone else, at Waterval cemetery in July.
A case of mistaken identity led to Lunga Poo’s family – who asked for his pictures not to be taken – incurring costs to bury someone leaving the matter now in the hands of the police to resolve. This was after he pitched up at Realogile, his former secondary school to get an educational testimonial, requested by a prospective employer.
Lunga, who disappeared from home in September last year, disclosed that the work opportunity arose when he was living in the Turfontein area. Seemingly, pupils who knew of his ‘death’ scattered when they saw him. His family were also dumbfounded after being called to the school took him to report the matter to the Alex police and later, to the community, which has now welcomed him back.
Lunga, who disappeared from home in September last year, disclosed that the work opportunity arose when he was living in the Turfontein area. Seemingly, pupils who knew of his ‘death’ scattered when they saw him. His family were also dumbfounded after being called to the school took him to report the matter to the Alex police and later, to the community, which has now welcomed him back.
His uncle Sello Poo said after his disappearance, the family saw in a newspaper, a picture of an unknown person identical to him who died in hospital from a car accident. They collected the body as his body, through distinctive marks, at the Hillbrow mortuary.
“He surprised us by pitching up. Police will assist to unravel the identity of the person we buried through the courts and, hand the remains over to relatives for reburial,” Poo said.
Meanwhile, Lunga is said to have been offered a job in the security industry and is being trained. This was after he was taken to his ancestral home in KwaZulu-Natal for cleansing and guidance from the elders. He and the family of Christians also received spiritual and professional counselling.
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