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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 - It’s been business as usual at Home Affairs offices around Johannesburg and Cape Town on Wednesda...

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 department's certificate of competence, which is submitted before transporting a body from a mortuary, hospital, or forensic laboratory.  Tshwane Metro police spokesperson Isaac...

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 undertakers who don’t have a certificate of competence, to write designation number examinations. It also...

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 offices across SA until their complaints over the department’s regulations are addressed. The companies,...

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 numerous issues, including the registration of death certificates. At the heart of these issues was certi...