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Wednesday August 25, 2004

David Francis:

Paul Meintjes finally laid to rest

The late Paul Meintjes, whose family was told by a "prophet" that he would rise from the dead, has finally been laid to rest at his hometown, Hertzogville.
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Tuesday August 24, 2004

David Francis:

Meintjies daughter will not let state to bury father

The daughter of the late Paul Meintjies says she will not allow the state to bury her father. Dalene Swanepoel has said this after the Hertzogville police said they would apply to the Bloemfontein High Court for permission to bury Meintjies.
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Monday August 23, 2004

David Francis:

Paul Meintjies’ body to be cremated

The saga of the resurrection of Paul Meintjies of Hertzogville in the Free State is expected to come to an end tomorrow. His body is expected to be cremated in Bloemfontein.
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David Francis:

Body taken from house after failed resurrection

South African police have removed a man’s body from his widow’s bedroom after he was left unburied for more than seven weeks following his death because she hoped he would be resurrected.
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David Francis:

Man who predicted resurrection hides at home

The body of Oom Paul Meintjies was taken to the police mortuary in Bloemfontein on Saturday, and the prophet who predicted the dead man would rise again has gone to ground.
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Friday August 20, 2004

David Francis:

Oom Paul: ‘Enough is enough’

Hertzogville - The government has now intervened to get the body of Oom Paul Meintjes, who has been dead for 51 days, into a grave. His body, in a coffin, is next to his widow's bed.
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David Francis:

‘Meintjes must be laid to rest’

The late Paul Meintjes - whom a prophet had predicted would rise from the dead - must be buried by Saturday, according to an order delivered by police to his family in the Free State town of Hertzogville on Thursday.
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Thursday August 19, 2004

David Francis:

Oom Paul now home – in coffin

Hertzogville - Oom Paul Meintjies is at home now, after lying in the mortuary for 50 days.
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David Francis:

Health inspector to check if Meintjies is a health risk

The health inspector at Boshoff, in the Free State is to visit the nearby town of Hertzogville tomorrow to determine if the corpse of the late Paul Meintjies holds a health risk.
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Wednesday August 18, 2004

David Francis:

Undertaker sorry for ‘resurrection’ family

BLOEMFONTEIN - The body of a Free State man whose resurrection was predicted by a "prophet" after his death six weeks ago is on its way to a state mortuary if a local undertaker gets his way.
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David Francis:

Undertaker threatens to get police involved in body

Nico Foulds, a Free State undertaker, has threatened to open a human rights abuse case with police because of what he says is exposure to drama for keeping the body of the late Paul Meintjies.
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Tuesday August 17, 2004

David Francis:

Mortuary account stands at R10 000 as ‘prophet’ waits

The outstanding account to keep the body of the late Paul Meintjies in a Hertzogville mortuary stands at R10 000. Nico Foulds, the owner of the mortuary, says Mrs Meintjies has already paid the first account from July 1 to August 5.
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David Francis:

Oom Paul taken for a spin

Hertzogville - Armed with sjamboks and whips - and the body of Paul Meintjies in a coffin - farmers and town's residents descended on the Meintjies' house on Monday to end the fiasco surrounding his long-awaited "resurrection".
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Monday August 16, 2004

David Francis:

Widow freezes husband in hope of resurrection

Influenced by a self-proclaimed prophet, a widow in South Africa has not buried her husband more than six weeks after his death in the belief that he will rise from the dead.
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Tuesday August 10, 2004

David Francis:

Family fights over Oom Paul

Hertzogville - Forty-two days after Paul Meintjies' death the promised resurrection has failed to materialise but one thing that could transpire is a court order to remove his body.
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Monday August 9, 2004

David Francis:

Dorp’s dead oom misses another deadline

Widow and 'prophet' insist that a man who died a month ago will still come back to life
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Friday August 6, 2004

David Francis:

Free State man will stay in mortuary until resurrection

The family of deceased Paul Meintjes of Hertzogville, in the Free State, whose resurrection was predicted by a "prophet" after his death some five weeks ago, has reached a new agreement with the local mortuary.
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David Francis:

2000 people wait, but ‘Lazarus’ fails to rise

More than 2 000 people gathered outside the Hertzogville Mortuary in the Free State yesterday in anticipation of a latter-day Lazarus scenario - the miraculous resurrection of Paul Meintjies's frozen body.
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David Francis:

Oom Paul gets reprieve

Bloemfontein - The family of Paul Meintjies of Hertzogville, whose resurrection was predicted by a "prophet" after his death some five weeks ago, will inform the town's mortician on Friday what to do with the body.
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Thursday August 5, 2004

David Francis:

Free State family awaits dad’s resurrection

Paul Meintjies (76) of Hertzogville, in the Free State, has yet to arise from the dead as was predicted by a prophet from Durban. David Francis, the prophet, believes that Meintjies was supposed to have risen yesterday. The family has been given until today to keep the corpse in the mortuary.
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David Francis:

‘Dead man will rise today’

Talk about your tales from the crypt. A really strange story is unravelling in a small town in the Free State. At the centre of the drama in Hertzogville, a small town 140km from Bloemfontein, is the body of Paul Meintjies, who died on July 1 after a lengthy illness.
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Wednesday August 4, 2004

David Francis:

Oom Paul: Family ‘losing it’

Hertzogville - The Durbanite who calls himself a prophet and who "predicted" Oom Paul Meintjies' resurrection tore the Meintjies family apart, disturbed the peace and brought turmoil to a lot of people's lives, say the dead man's best friend and his sister.
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Tuesday August 3, 2004

David Francis:

‘Oom Paul’ given a deadline

Hertzogville - Whether the late Paul Meintjies rises from the dead or not is anyone's guess, but either way, his days are numbered at the town's mortuary.
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Monday August 2, 2004

David Francis:

Oom Paul fails to live out ‘prophecy’

Thursday was meant to be a red-letter day in the history of the Free State dorp of Hertzogville. It was the day the Meintjies family expected their patriarch, Oom (Uncle) Paul, to rise from the dead.
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David Francis:

Oom Paul out in the cold

Hertzogville - Paul Meintjies was apparently raised from the dead in the mortuary here just before dusk on Saturday.
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