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62 Joburg fire corpses still unidentified
National
/ 7 September 2023

62 Joburg fire corpses still unidentified

City officials this week started raiding buildings that have been hijacked in an effort to curb illegal occupation

By Umamah Bakharia
Zimbabwe hospital workers plot stillbirth burials
Africa
/ 13 August 2022

Zimbabwe hospital workers plot stillbirth burials

The policy is to cremate deceased infants but Bulawayo Hospital’s incinerators are not working

By Marko Phiri
What would you do if your loved one’s body was stuck in a mortuary and you couldn’t bury them?
National
/ 6 February 2022

What would you do if your loved one’s body was stuck in a mortuary and you couldn’t bury them?

Families have asked the Congress of  Traditional Leaders and the Human Rights Commission to intervene after waiting years to bury their loved ones

By Masoka Dube
A grave situation in eThekwini
National
/ 16 November 2021

A grave situation in eThekwini

A shortage of burial plots and viable land for new cemeteries has been worsened by the pandemic’s death toll, forcing people to buy rural land on which to bury their loved ones.

By Chris Makhaye

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