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‘There’s nothing we can do,’ striking South African undertakers tell bereaved

‘There’s nothing we can do,’ striking South African undertakers tell bereaved

EMMA RUMNEY GRIEVING South African families are being left searching for someone to collect the bodies of deceased relatives after funeral parlours like Hloni Swarts' went on strike in a country with one of the world's highest coronavirus rates. Swarts, owner of Hloni Funerals, told Reuters he had to tell distressed families, "there's nothing we can do", as the three-day strike entered its second day. He tried to help them arrange for a stretched government service to collect bodies instead, but they still complained. Funeral workers are striking in the country over changes to a host of procedures and regulations,…
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