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Cape Town undertakers place coffins on N2 as funeral industry shutdown continues

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September 16, 2020
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Cape Town undertakers place coffins on N2 as funeral industry shutdown continues
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  • Coffins were placed on the N2 as protesters made their way to the Cape Town city centre.
  • A group of about 100 undertakers were heading to the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town.
  • The action is understood to be part of the three-day national shutdown of services by the funeral industry.

Undertakers on Wednesday morning brought the N2 into Cape Town to a standstill, placing coffins on the road as a convoy of protesters made its way into the city centre.

The action is understood to be part of the three-day national shutdown of services by the funeral industry, led by the Unification Task Team (UTT) – a grouping of 17 funeral associations and forums – which started on Monday.

City of Cape Town traffic services spokesperson Richard Coleman said a group of about 100 undertakers, making their way to the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town, had stopped on the N2 incoming at Airport Approach Road and placed coffins in the road.

Authorities were on the scene.

N2 incoming hit by undertaker protest.

Supplied PHOTO: Supplied by Western Cape traffic department

The protesters later continued on their way to the city with no further disruptions, he said.

UTT said the action was being taken as government had not done enough to ensure the industry was diverse and transformed, arguing that since 1994, the industry was still dominated by “white minority capital” and a handful of “black elites”.

Its national coordinator, Peter Matlatle, had warned that during the shutdown there would be no removal of bodies from hospitals or homes and there would be no burials.

Among the task team’s demands, were for the outsourcing of mortuary facilities to be recognised and legalised; a Covid-19 relief fund for the funeral industry; municipality by-laws to be amended to accommodate the building of bulk or cluster or complex storages; and for funeral undertakers who didn’t own a certificate of competence, to write a designated number examinations and for funeral directors to be allowed to appoint a proxy to conduct some of the duties on their behalf.

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