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Israel proved its stupidity by attacking Abu Akleh’s funeral, says Sheikh Raed Salah

Leading Palestinian rights activist Sheikh Raed Salah told Al Jazeera yesterday that the Israeli occupation authorities are acting "moronically." The veteran campaigner added that the recent Israeli attack on the coffin and funeral of the late journalist Shireen Abu Akleh "proves the stupidity" of the occupation. "The criminal [Israelis] will never accept the blame for the act and support the [Palestinian] victim." The head of the Islamic Movement in Israel went on to say […]

17 May 2022

Local

Amazulu Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu to be buried on Thursday evening

Mourners have gathered at the KwaKhangelamankengane palace at Nongoma in KwaZulu-Natal where the AmaZulu regent Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu will be buried in a private ceremony on Thursday evening. The Queen passed away at the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Thursday last week at the age of 65. Her body was transported from Johannesburg to Nongoma on Wednesday. The Queen’s memorial service will take place on Friday. The Seventh Day […]

6 May 2021

Local

Struggle icon Andrew Mlangeni to be laid to rest on Wednesday

The funeral service of struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni will take place at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto Campus on Wednesday morning. The government says COVID-19 regulations will be followed. On Tuesday, final preparations were made at the Mlangeni household in Dube, Soweto, in Gauteng. President Cyril Ramaphosa accorded Mlangeni a Special Official Funeral Category One. Mlangeni died last Tuesday at the age of 95, following an abdominal complaint. His funeral […]

29 July 2020

International News

Bodies found in unrefrigerated trucks in New York during COVID-19 pandemic

The city of New York delivered a freezer truck to a funeral home on Wednesday after it was found to be storing dead bodies in unrefrigerated U-Haul vehicles, a Reuters eyewitness said. The eyewitness saw bodies in a U-Haul van and said two vans and a truck were parked outside the funeral home. ABC News reported about 100 bodies were stored in the vehicles after the owner of the Andrew […]

30 April 2020

News

Little Tazne Van Wyk finally laid to rest

Thousands of mourners gathered in Elsies River on Saturday for the funeral service of slain eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk. The Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa in Halt Road was filled to the rafters as family, friends, community members and her classmates, came to say their final goodbyes. Among the scores of people in attendance were Police Minister Bheki Cele, Western Cape Mayor Dan Plato, Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench […]

2 March 2020

Local

Thousands to attend the funeral of murdered Tazne Van Wyk

The funeral of little Tazne van Wyk will be held in Cape Town this morning. Van Wyk (8) will be laid to rest at Modderdam Cemetry. Her funeral has been sponsored by Joe 4 funerals, Silverleaf Undertakers and the City of Cape Town - and donations from the public have also been pouring in to assist the grieving family. The girl was found murdered in a stormwater drain near Worcester - 11 […]

29 February 2020

News

NAFUPA calls for ban on white and Indian funeral parlors in black townships

By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed The National Funeral Parlour Association of SA (NAFUPA-SA) is calling on a ban to prevent all white and Indian funeral companies from operating in black communities. The organisation believes that the decision to prevent white and Indian owned funeral companies from operating in black communities will open business opportunities for township economy. In a statement circulating online, the organisation called for the ban to be […]

22 January 2018

International News

Sir Ketumile Masire’s funeral underway in Botswana

The funeral service of the former president of Botswana Sir Ketumile Masire is underway in Botswana. Masire's funeral service is held at his home village, Kanye. Dignitaries from different countries have also arrived. The dignitaries include former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The road leading to Kanye from Gaborone is manned by police and Defence force members. Villagers, local traditional leadership, Botswana cabinet ministers, president […]

29 June 2017

News

Kathy re-imagined human possibility: Motlanthe

This is the transcript of the moving and powerful eulogy delivered by Former President Kgalema Motlanthe at the Funeral Service of Comrade Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg Comrade Barbara Hogan and the Kathrada Family; The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation; President Jacob Zuma; Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa; The Premier of Gauteng David Makhura; President Thabo Mbeki; The National Executive Committee of the ANC; The Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC; The Tripartite […]

30 March 2017

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