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Undertakers were protesting over numerous issues, including delays in the registration of death certificates.

Home Affairs has been granted an interdict that prohibits undertakers from intimidating its staff.

Home Affairs says it will ensure services not disrupted by undertakers protest The department has obtained a court interdict prohibiting protestors from intimidating staff and those visiting their offices. FILE: Undertakers under the banner, the Unification Task Team, want government to amend regulations so they can have the right to register deaths on behalf of bereaved families. Picture: 123rf.com 3 hours ...

Funeral undertakers vow to continue protest, set to defy interdict By James Mahlokwane Share Pretoria - Funeral undertakers who clashed with the police during a protest outside the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria CBD on Tuesday will defy the court interdict and resume picketing today. They are unhappy with the department over numerous unsolved issues, including delays in the registration of death certificates. The secretary-general of the Unification Task Team of the Funeral Industry, Kg...

Womans body stuck in hearse for four hours 16 September 2020 - 10:18 A womans body was stuck in a hearse for four hours after it was removed from her home due to the funeral industry shutdown. This came after an Avbob Funeral Parlour hearse carrying the body was stopped by protesting members of the Unification Task Team (UTT) that has been leading the shutdown since Monday... This article is free to read if you register or sign in. If you have already registered or subscribed, plea...

Undertakers vow to continue disruptions at Home Affairs Updated Nomfundo Ngcobo Share this: Operations at some Home Affairs branches, including in KwaZulu-Natal, have been disrupted as a protest by some funeral practitioners continues. Coffin at funeral / iStock Undertakers, under the banner of the Unification Task Team, want the department to amend regulations to allow them to register deaths on behalf of families. They delivered a list of demands to the departments head office in Pretoria o...

The Department of Home Affairs says it has obtained a court interdict against undertakers' Unification Task Team (UTT).

UNDERTAKERS VOW TO SHUT DOWN HOME AFFAIRS Sun Reporter Photo: Raymond Morare. UNDERTAKERS affiliated to the Unification Task Team of the Funeral Industry (UTT) have threatened to shut down the offices of Home Affairs nationwide. UTT made the threats on Tuesday, 11 May saying if all theirs demands were not met they’d go ahead with their threat on Wednesday, 12 May. Among their grievances was that funeral parlours should be allowed to rent storage sp...

The interdict comes as funeral parlours under the banner of the Unification Task Team have vowed to intensify their protests on Wednesday.

Funeral undertakers have threatened to intensify their protest action by bringing Home Affairs offices to a standstill across SA.