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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 department's 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 down” the home affairs head office in Pretoria on Tuesday over complaints that requirements for t...

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 JOHANNESBURG - Funeral undertakers are threatening to shut down the home affairs head offices in Pretoria o...

(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 department's head office on Tuesday.   While the Department of Home Affairs says it has "fulfilled its promise" to the Unification Task Team (UTT), the grouping of funeral associations and forums have threatened to shut down the department's head offi...

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 strike back in September 2020. A social media post – its origin could not be established – all...

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