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University of Pretoria academic Prof Matthys Dippenaar has appealed to municipalities to monitor groundwater close to cemeteries. Image: Guillem Sartorio/AFP
BURIELS

Academic warns of groundwater pollution from cemeteries when Covid-19 deaths surge

University of Pretoria (UP) academic Prof Matthys Dippenaar has appealed to municipalities to monitor groundwater close to cemeteries as tens of thousands of Covid-19-related deaths are forecast in SA over the next few months. “As the…

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A monument to forefathers in the Nemato community was toppled and the headstone had to be lifted to read the inscription
CEMETERIES

Graveyard vandalism not new

THE EFF told TotT they were going to hold a cleansing ceremony at the Esleyeni cemetery in Nemato last Friday evening (June 29) at 5pm, to apologise to the ancestors for Ndlambe Municipality’s alleged demolition of tombstones. The EFF…

  • Jon Houzet