Overjoyed.
This is the overall feeling of affected Strand residents after the application for environmental authorisation of a proposed crematorium was refused and notice of the decision issued.
A Strand funeral home proposing to construct a crematorium in an industrial area located in the community still requires three statements of environmental approval, which will determine the way forward.
Gauteng s funeral parlours see spike in clients amid COVID third wave Cremators, undertakers and funeral parlours are barely making it through the day due to the surge of COVID-19 deaths during the third wave of the pandemic. A morgue attendant at the Johannesburg branch of the South African funeral and burial services company Avbob checks the condition of a protective wrapping inside a refrigerated container where bodies of patients deceased with COVID-19 related illnesses are kept isolated ahead of their burials on 22 January 2021. Picture: AFP
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JOHANNESBURG - The brutal third wave of COVID-19 infections has led to crematoriums being inundated with triple the usual workload, while Avbob funeral parlors across Gauteng recorded a 150% increase in clients in July alone.
Deur Jamey Gordon Jamey.Gordon@Media24.Com 01 Februarie 2021 06:15
As the Covid-19 second wave surges on and the death rate soars, Helderberg funeral homes continue to be overwhelmed.
DistrictMail contacted a number of funeral parlours in the hopes of gaining insight into operations undertaken during these devastating pandemic times, as funerals inundate parlours faster than undertaker workers can respond.
âSaying we are very busy would be an understatement,â said Roger Roman, operations manager of Doves Somerset West, who preceded the telephonic interview with âI hope this is of utter importance; I ran from the back where I was busy, to answer the call.â