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COFFIN MAKING

Ugandan teachers turn to coffin-making after schools close

The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the country’s schools closing and teachers being left without jobs

  • Agence France Presse
2 min read
Photo: Madelene Cronjé
COFFIN BUSINESS

Funeral costs add pain to grief of Covid-19 deaths

Global demand for timber and a huge increase in deaths means the soaring cost of a decent burial is beyond the reach of many impoverished South Africans

  • Chris Makhaye
6 min read
Measuring up: A supervisor watches as two pupils work on a baby’s coffin at the SA Coffin Training School. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COFFIN BUSINESS

Coffins are a sad business but they have to be made

The economy may be contracting because of Covid-19, but the funeral sector is on the up

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read