Celeb chef asked to change âHoli Cowâ restaurant name and apologise to Hinduâs
By Chanelle Lutchman
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Durban - The South African Hindu Maha Sabha has written to celebrity chef, Yudhika Sujanani, asking her to change the name of her restaurant, Holi Cow, and apologise to Hindus.
The restaurant opened eight years ago and is based in Fourways, Johannesburg. It received several rave reviews over the years.
A few weeks ago, a petition was created and circulated on Facebook by a group calling itself South African Indians have Rights (SAIR). It was directed to, among others, Ashwin Trikamjee, president of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha, the South African Tamil Federation and the World Hindu Foundation South Africa.
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S African Hindu priests accused of overcharging for funerals of COVID victims
Some Hindu priests in South Africa have come under fire for allegedly charging high rates to conduct funerals of COVID-19 victims. Pradeep Ramlall, Manager of the Clare Estate Crematorium in Durban, slammed priests who are doing this.
Ramlall, who is also a member of the Hindu Dharma Association of South Africa, said the organisation had received a number of complaints about this from families of people who had succumbed to the virus.
In recent weeks, amid a second wave and a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, the crematorium has had to introduce double shifts amid daily deaths in the city which is home to more than a third of South Africaâs Indian-origin population of about 1.4 million.
Johannesburg, January 24
Cashing in on the fearful atmosphere prevailing in South Africa amidst a second wave and a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, some Hindu priests in the country are allegedly charging exorbitant rates for conducting funerals of coronavirus victims.
The priests are under fire for charging between 1,200 rand (USD 79) and 2,000 rand (USD 131) to conduct a funeral, according to Pradeep Ramlall, a member of the Hindu Dharma Association of South Africa and Manager of the Clare Estate Crematorium in Durban.
“This is not right. As per our scriptures, this is our seva (service) to the community. If a family wants to give a priest a donation, then that is acceptable, but priests should not be charging people,” he told the Weekly Post newspaper as he slammed the priests who are overcharging.
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 24: Some Hindu priests in South Africa have come under fire for allegedly charging high rates to conduct funerals of COVID-19 victims.