Widow and 'prophet' insist that a man who died a month ago will still come back to life

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Hertzogville - The table is set, cookies have been baked, the "prophet" has arrived and everybody in this dusty Free State town is ready for the late Paul Meintjies to rise from the dead.

Hertzogville - All eyes will be on the mortuary here from Thursday after a Durban "prophet" predicted this would be when the late Paul Meintjies would rise from the dead.

Hertzogville - It seems as if Paul Meintjies' predicted "resurrection" from the dead has been postponed.

Hertzogville - It's still to be decided whether July 29 is the day Paul Meintjies will rise from the dead - but that's the day his family and friends are pinning their hopes on.

The body of a 76-year-old man who died 11 days ago remains in the mortuary of a small Free State town as some of his family - members of an apocalyptic Christian sect - await the fulfillment of a prophecy that he will rise from the dead.

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