Sales of bananas in the east African nation of Mozambique have fallen through the floor since someone started sending e-mails and text messages claiming bananas grown in South Africa are infected with "flesh eating bacteria."
Almost a full day after his family had him shipped off to the morgue, Sizwe Kupelo awoke trapped inside of a locked morgue fridge.
Confused, the 80-year old South African man, whose family believed that he had died of an asthma attack, began to shout.