'There's nothing we can do,' striking South African undertakers tell bereaved

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Funeral workers are striking in South Africa over changes to a host of procedures and regulations, including some introduced in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, that they say make it hard for small, black-owned parlors to operate

JOHANNESBURG - Grieving South African families are being left searching for someone to collect the bodies of deceased relatives after funeral parlors like Hloni Swarts’ went on strike in a country with one of the world’s highest coronavirus rates.

Funeral workers are striking in the country over changes to a host of procedures and regulations, including some introduced in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, that they say make it hard for small, black-owned parlors to operate and give big players an advantage.

All 1,000 members of the National Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa were participating in the strike, according to its President Muzi Hlengwa, with other associations across the industry also taking part, though significant groups opted not to participate.Hlengwa said that the strike would continue on Wednesday unless it generated some response to all demands, with a permanent strike possible in future if this does not happen.

 

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