A BBC journalist put South Africa’s Minister of TransportFikile Mbalulathrough the ringer in a recent interview.
Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu has since dismissed the claims, stating that there were 128 bodies and not 500.
Hlengwa explained that the maximum capacity of the storage facility in Phoenix is 500 bodies.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was called out by journalist Stephen Sackur on BBC’s ‘HardTalk’. Image: GettySource: Getty Images
According toIOL, Simelane-Zulu stated that around 128 bodies were being processed and not 300 or 500.
She added that not all of the bodies at the mortuary are linked to last week’s civil unrest.
Simelane-Zulu also stated that the mortuary does not just serve Phoenix but the wider eThekkwini area.
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