Funeral parlour grouping calls for nationwide total shutdown, but not all agree

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The Unification Task Team (UTT) has called for a nationwide total shutdown of all funeral parlours on Monday.

National Funeral Practitioners Association of SA president Muzi Hlengwa said all funeral parlours are requested to close their premises during the shutdown.Funeral directors are requested to send their vehicles to hospitals and mortuaries in support of the shutdown.

“We want the tender system to be abolished in the funeral industry, to allow families their constitutional right to appoint their preferred service provider. Funeral undertakers to claim and be paid direct by the Road Accident Fund using the session agreement.

 

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