Before entering politics, his jobs included working in a funeral parlour, and as an auctioneer.

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The funeral parlour owner, 42, then took a body to another mortuary in the city, presenting it as Aphiwe Ntombela.

BBC: A coffin in South Africa (28 October 2012)

She turned to a funeral parlour owner in uMlazi - the biggest residential area in Durban - for help, he said.

BBC: A coffin in South Africa (28 October 2012)

Meanwhile, the funeral parlour owner returned to the mortuary to fetch the body, so that she could be buried by her family.

BBC: A coffin in South Africa (28 October 2012)

The lady from the funeral parlour said she thought there was only about a third of what should have been there, however I thought there was quite a lot.

BBC: Lena Skilbeck Pic: Gordon Fraser