Recent reports suggested that the recovered goods included everything from beds to electronic items and even a casket.

Looters have begun to abandon stolen items amid the ongoing recovery efforts in homes.

Elsewhere in Ezinqoleni in the Ugu district of KwaZulu-Natal, a casket was recovered on the same day.

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The coffin that was looted amid the recent unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal has been found amid ongoing law enforcement operations to recover the stolen goods across the two provinces. Image: SAPS.Source: UGC

It is not known if the box contained a corpse at the time of recovery.

President Cyril Ramaphosadescribed the unrest as a “failed insurrection” attempt in a recent address to the nation.

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He was the Head of Current Affairs at Briefly News.

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