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Undertakers protest latest: Home Affairs secures court interdict against UTT Home Affairs has secured a court interdict prohibiting the UTT from intimidating staff but the group says the undertakers protest will continue. The Department of Home Affairs has obtained a court interdict preventing the Unification Task Team (UTT) – who represent undertakers – from intimidating staff and those visiting the offices in Pretoria. This follows an undertakers protest which was held on Tuesday 11 May ...

Protesting undertakers severed with interdict: Home Affairs Updated Nomfundo Ngcobo Share this: Home Affairs says its been granted a court interdict stopping undertakers from causing any further disruptions at its branches. Funeral practitioners under the banner of the Unification Task Team (UTT)  have been protesting since Tuesday over some regulations. The UTT says they want permanent permits that will allow funeral parlours to remove bodies from hospitals and mortuaries. They also want t...

South Africa – Johannesburg – UTT Undertakers strike-14 September 2020. Members of the United Task team for funeral undertakers protest in front of Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto. They claim that government is not listening to their plight therefore they are withdrawing some of the services they offer. Picture: Timothy Bernard/African News Agency(ANA) SA undertaker organisations distance themselves from strike By Sibusiso Mboto Share DURBAN - LEADING funeral parlour associa...

Funeral undertakers protest at the Department of Home Affairs Head Offices in Pretoria. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius) Department spokesperson David Hlabane said the interdict forms part of the contingency plan of the department to ensure that people who need Home Affairs services are not inconvenienced.  Companies, under the banner of Unification Task Team (UTT)  want the department to amend regulations so they have the right to remove bodies from mortuaries, hos...

Undertakers plan to shut down Home Affairs officers this morning The Unification Task Team, which represents several undertakers are hoping to intensify their protest by closing several Home Affairs offices on Wednesday morning. FILE: Picture: 123rf.com 13 days ago JOHANNESBURG - Undertakers from various organisations are planning to shut down Home Affairs offices nationwide on Wednesday morning, which will ...

Funeral parlour owners threat to shut down Home Affairs ends in no-show Despite a no-show by protesters at most Home Affairs offices, the task team’s Muzi Hlengwa was adamant that the protest would continue, adding that they had had delays as they were assisting their members who were arrested in Pretoria on Tuesday. FILE: Department of Home Affairs. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN 12 days ago JOHANNESBURG - ...

Two arrested during undertaker protest in Tshwane Updated Karabo Tebele Share this: Gauteng police have arrested two people for possession of an unlicensed firearm and public violence during the funeral undertakers protest in the Tshwane CBD.  iStock Unification Task Team (UTT), which represents black-owned funeral parlours, picketed at the Department of Home Affairs in Tshwane on Tuesday.  It is unhappy with the departments certificate of competence, which is submitted before transporting ...

WATCH: COPS vs UNDERTAKERS! COPS have fired rubber bullets at protesting undertakers outside the Home Affairs offices in Tshwane. The Unification Task Team (UTT) took to the streets of Tshwane, protesting outside the Home Affairs department offices on Tuesday morning. As the protest turned violent, the leaders of UTT suggested that they would have to close their offices around the country which could affect funerals and shutdown the Home Affairs. UTT wants Home Affairs to allow funeral undertak...

Undertakers threaten to intensify strike and shut down all home affairs offices Police say two people were arrested, deny claims that protesters were peaceful 11 May 2021 - 17:58 Funeral parlours, under the banner of the Unification Task Team (UTT), protest outside the home affairs department in Tshwane on May 11 2021. Image: Veli Nhlapo Aggrieved Gauteng funeral parlours say they will intensify their protest from Tuesday and “shut down” all home affairs office...

Undertakers protest at Home Affairs over death certificates News24 12 May 2021, 06:10 GMT+10 Undertakers embarked on a protest at the Department of Home Affairs offices in Pretoria on Tuesday. The protest centres around issues around the certificates of competence. Delays in issuing certificates and the protocols attached delay the registering of death certificates, funeral parlours said. Undertakers protested outside of the Department of Home Affairs offices in Pretoria on Tuesday over numer...