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Cemeteries reach capacity

Families need to apply to have graves re-used in the future.

EDITOR – The Municipality’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Unit wishes to announce that the Tongaat and Verulam areas which were previously serviced by the Tongaat Regional Cemetery at Desainagar have reached capacity to provide new graves.

Only families that have graves under lease that grant them the exclusive right of use will be permitted to re-use the graves for burials. All other graves that are 10 years and older without lease, records or tombstones will be available for re-use as is the practice in all eThekwini Municipal Cemeteries and as provided for under the KwaZulu-Natal Cemeteries No.12 of 1996 Chapter IV.

Families are advised that should they wish to retain the rights to re-use or reserve a grave from future use, they are to contact the office of the District Manager of the Parks Leisure and Cemeteries- Cemeteries and Crematoria Section, in order to apply for a ten year lease of the grave. Any person who does not intend to lease the grave where a family member has been buried and objects to it being reused, should raise his/her objection in writing by no later than Monday, 30 September. Reference must be made to the relationship to the deceased, the name of the deceased, block and grave number and proof of identification.

All letters to be directed to: District Manager Parks Leisure and Cemeteries; Cemeteries and Crematoria Section; PO Box 3740; Durban; 4000.

Enquiries may also be made at the Cemeteries and Crematoria Office, 8th Floor, 75 Dr Langalibalele Dube Street (Winder Street), Durban. Contact 031 311 1447.

eThekwini Municipality

Durban

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