A refugee community in Durban is mourning Bienvenue Munga, a man who died on a pavement where he and fellow refugees had been living for months. According to IOL, mourners remembered him as "a good guy" as he was laid to rest, after which members of the community returned to the pavement they had shared with him during his lifetime.
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