Bodies from SA congest Bulawayo cemeteries

BODIES repatriated from South Africa are topping the list of burials at most Bulawayo cemeteries, with council expressing concern that residents were not adhering to the 30 stipulated numbers of people allowed per burial, council minutes show.

Zimbabwe in general, and Bulawayo in particular, has been recording an influx of bodies transported into the country, with most of them taken for burial in rural areas.

However, according to latest council minutes, health services director Edwin Sibanda reported that Bulawayo’s cemeteries had recorded high numbers of burials of bodies repatriated from South Africa.

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