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Angry undertakers threaten to shut down home affairs head office Funeral parlours complain that home affairs requirements are slowing down the process of obtaining death certificates — causing issues for their clients 11 May 2021 - 06:00 Funeral undertakers plan a shut down of the home affairs departments head office demanding it to address their grievances pertaining to the way they do their business. Image: File photo Funeral parlours in Gauteng plan to “shut ...

Funeral undertakers threaten to shut down home affairs headquarters The body representing the undertakers called the Unification Task Team on Monday said if government didn’t address their concerns, they would go on a full-blown national strike. FILE: A mortician getting ready to prepare a coffin for a COVID-19 body at Broodie Funeral Parlour in Soshanguve. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News JOHANNE...

(Getty) Funeral parlours or undertakers have been given a provisional designation to temporarily conduct business relating to Home Affairs registration of deaths.   The department announced this on Monday.   However, the Unification Task Team - the grouping of funeral associations and forums - says it will shut down the departments head office on Tuesday.   While the Department of Home Affairs says it has "fulfilled its promise" to the Unification Task Team (UTT), the ...

Undertakers slam rumours they receive R8k from WHO for Covid-19 funerals By Thobeka Ngema Share Durban - TOP funeral bodies have denied receiving a subsidy from the South African government and World Health Organisation (WHO) following the spread of a social media post. When the pandemic first hit the country, funeral associations and parlours pleaded with the government for assistance. To express their plight, funeral associations affiliated to the Unification Task Team embarked on a three-day...

Funeral parlours have denied receiving a subsidy from either the government or WHO after a post surfaced on social media with the allegations.

‘We’ll impound bodies and cars driven by Old Mutual undertakers’ By Futhi Mbhele Comments The Unification Task Team is threatening to impound all cars belonging to Old Mutual undertakers, starting from 18 Friday, December. The task team made the announcement at a media briefing earlier on Friday, which started about two hours later as they were still waiting for some of their members. They said Old Mutual is refusing to stop operating as a funeral pa...