Limpopo police say the remains of a man who had been given paupers burial at Mookgophong Cemetery has been positively identified and handed over to the bereaved family.
In a statement, police say the body was identified through fingerprints and DNA analysis.
The remains of a 32-year-old man who died in a car crash on the N1 near Mookgophong in 2018, were buried in paupers burial together with 40 other unknown bodies.
The bodies were buried in two graves without coffins in the past few weeks.
The exhumation was conducted after a family from Mpumalanga approached local police and health authorities.