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Hard times: Only people with families in the diaspora who can send money home, and the elite, can afford luxury funerals in Zimbabwe. Everyone else worries how they will pay for coffins and the food for mourners. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP
BULAWAYO FUNERALS

Death of Zimbabwe’s funeral business

Burial societies and companies have collapsed and people can no longer afford decent burials for their family members

  • Marko Phiri
7 min read