DIG DEEPER

THE plight of 12 families who are alleged victims of undertaker Petrus Booysen is now in the hands of the Public Protector of South Africa (PPSA).

- BYGENEVIEVE SERRA

Booysen, from St Francis Funeral Home in Kraaifontein, apparently buried their loved ones as paupers instead of cremating them.

It was a case that rocked Cape Town when the families broke their silence earlier this year, with one family reportedly yet to find their 94-year-old mother’s remains.

In June, the Kuils River Magistrates Court struck the matter off the roll provisionally to allow vital evidence such as the Cape High Court application for exhumations and DNA testing to be submitted.