As part of Heritage Month commemorations, the Mowbray Muslim Cemetery has appealed to the community to stop the neglect at cemeteries by visiting and assisting with the upkeep of graves.
How dangerous is it? Scientists study South African COVID-19 variant
‘People have to take lessons from this’ By CNN staff | January 19, 2021 at 6:28 AM HST - Updated January 19 at 6:45 AM
DURBAN, South Africa (CNN) – A new year and a new level of sadness in South Africa as the pace of the pandemic accelerates. There’s also a new level of fatigue.
“It is a time we never thought we would experience in our lives,” said Salim Kazi of the Islamic Burial Council. “It is here and it is a reality.”
A second wave of COVID-19 is devastating South Africa.
The Islamic Burial Council used to average two COVID-19 funerals per day. Now, the number is 12, sometimes 14 a day.