Durban - A Chatsworth family claimed their parents’ gravesite at the Mobeni Heights Cemetery was recycled without their permission, which they viewed as gross human and religious rights violations, and it impaired the dignity of their deceased loved ones.
His mother Muniama died in September 1996 and was buried in a new grave, while his father Govindraj was laid to rest in the same grave in October 2001. It was his birthday on April 2, last year, and he decided to make another visit but was turned away by a security official at the gravesite due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown rules.
An admin person on duty at the cemetery assured him that the grave would have not been recycled without his permission. But after examining their grave registry, it was discovered that there was no record of his parents’ burials, yet Govender had the lease agreements.“How was that possible because we had until the end of June to renew the lease and the burial happened when level 5 of the lockdown was in effect,” said Govender.
What does recycle of graves mean? Ploughing it and planting sugarcane?
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