After the husband, who was reportedly ed in a home fire last year, was found driving a stolen car, a married couple from Tshwane were detained. The authorities are currently investigating who may have been interred in his place.

Charges of murder, obstructing the course of justice, and fraud have been brought against Sibusiso Mahlangu and his wife Lerato from Soshanguve.

Whose body was interred in Mahlangu’s place is still unknown, according to the authorities. Police have filed the required applications to begin the exhumation process.

Sibusiso Sithebe, Lerato’ ex-boyfriend and the father of her daughter, is said to be the body; he is 32 years old.