Pietermaritzburg families bury loved ones at home as cemeteries fill up

📆 2019/12/06 09:22:00
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Pietermaritzburg families are resorting to burying their loved ones in their rural homes because the city is running out of space in cemeteries.

, Msunduzi municipality spokesperson Thobeka Mafumbatha said the municipality was now using any available space, including road reserves and pathways, in the cemetery.

EThembeni Memorial Park, which is a private cemetery, is also full and can only bury people who purchased space earlier.Lindiwe Ndlovu said both her parents were buried at EThembeni Memorial Park in the 1990s but when her brother died in 2011 the family was informed that space in Pietermaritzburg was limited. She said they decided that from now on loved ones would be buried in Mpumuza, near Ashdown.“In July 2015 my uncle was the first to be buried in the family grave site.

“With such a big piece of land, we won’t have to use any of the cemeteries. There is no space anyway,” said Zulu.“I’m from a family that values culture and tradition. It’s better when all of the family members are in the family graveyard. There are no issues of space and payments,” said Sithebe.

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