Radio veteran Bob Mabena is mourning the death of his grandmother to the Covid-19 pandemic. The star revealed on Sunday that his grandmother had died just days earlier after contracting the disease. Sharing his condolences with a follower who had…
Bulk graves at cemetery
Graves were dug at the Durbanville Memorial Park in bulk before lockdown as a precaution. Photographs of “mass graves” being dug at the private cemetery were shared on social media as being graves for all the deaths due to Covid-19.…
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Cemeteries Association urges municipalities to plan for mass burials
Even though the current rate of Covid-19 infections in South Africa doesn’t follow international trends, city officials in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban are already preparing for the worst. The South African Cemeteries Association (Saca) has urged municipalities to plan ahead and…
A grave concern: Coronavirus highlights burial plot shortages in cities
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the problem of scarce burial space in cities, even as health concerns and tight budgets force more families to opt against traditional grave burials, land rights experts said on Monday. As cities around the world…
The debate on mass graves is emerging as COVID-19 deaths increase
The death toll linked to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa has not reached 100 yet, but warnings have already been voiced about the calm before the storm. The spread of coronavirus infections has already prompted a number of changes…
A grave concern: Coronavirus highlights burial plot shortages in cities
by Rina Chandran and Kim Harrisberg | Thomson Reuters Foundation The current crisis may force city planners and authorities towards more sustainable ways of handling the dead BANGKOK/JOHANNESBURG, April 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the…
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SA Cemeteries Association recommends mass graves
Published by Lucinda Dordley The South African Cemeteries Association (SACA) is urging municipalities to be prepared for an increase in the death rate due to the COVID-19 pandemic in context of the international rate of infection. “Whilst everything reasonably possible…
The Covid-19 burial problem for South Africa
by Sarah Smit ecent drone footage of caskets being lowered into Hart Island’s trench-like graves is a grim reminder of the potential toll of the coronavirus. As New York’s potter’s field, Hart Island has been a burial site for the…