Swifter action needed to maintain Empangeni cemetery

Empangeni Cemetery’s maintenance on Mack Street remains wanting, where – for no less than two weeks – uncollected grass has piled up inside and outside the property.

However, the city has assured the ZO that progress is being made in addressing this ongoing issue.

For Empangeni resident Joanne Briedenhann, it is a sense of comfort to clean her family’s graves and lay flowers for them, yet she is terribly disheartened by the graveyard’s issues…

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