It has also been reported that there are bodies in the Phonenix mortuary that have yet to be identified.
Five of those arrests were in relation to the murders in Phoenix.
The riots and violence ended up in the deaths of 22 people in KZN alone.
Civil society groups will be marching to Durban City Hall to demand justice for people that were killed in Phoenix during riots. Image: Guillem Sartorio/AFPSource: Getty Images
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.
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Lebogang Mashego (Current Affairs HOD)Lebogang Mashego runs the Current Affairs desk.
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