The dispute over Edgar Lungu’s burial reveals deeper questions about state sovereignty and institutional continuity in post-colonial Africa
City officials this week started raiding buildings that have been hijacked in an effort to curb illegal occupation
The policy is to cremate deceased infants but Bulawayo Hospital’s incinerators are not working
Families have asked the Congress of Traditional Leaders and the Human Rights Commission to intervene after waiting years to bury their loved ones
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.
