The shock of the Shakahola mass cult deaths remains palpable for survivors and families who lost their loved ones, and the two-year wait for the bodies to be identified has upended their lives.

For many families, the agonising wait to collect the bodies of their loved ones and give them a decent burial has been an emotional ordeal.

Some families have resigned themselves to the possibility that they may never find the bodies of their loved ones and are planning to bury banana stems, in accordance with their culture.