Homeless People Occupy Cemetery Tombstones as Shelter

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Residents and community leaders express concern as homeless people use tombstones as makeshift shelters at Mooifontein Cemetery in Kempton Park. The incident has raised issues of security and safety at the cemetery.

Homeless people have apportioned themselves living spaces at the Mooifontein Cemetery , leaving residents and community leaders worried.MPL Refiloe Ntsekhe was left horrified when she found out that homeless people were using tombstones as shelter at Mooifontein Cemetery in Kempton Park,

Ntsekhe said she was informed of an incident recently where a group of mourners were robbed while burying a loved one.at the cemetery. That is a lot. What are they doing? What is also a problem is that there are gaps in the palisade fencing around the cemetery,” she said.According to Ntsekhe, the Gauteng government confirmed that the municipality had employed a security company to guard the cemetery at a cost of over R200 000 per month.“This is a lot of money.

About the security company’s work, Khumalo said: “The scope involves monitoring and guarding the council building and property.”

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