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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
The funeral service of legendary former Springbok rugby player James Small will be held at The Wanderers Rugby Club on Thursday. The funeral is set to start at 14:00 and gates expected to open around 12:00 for the scores of mourners who will be attending to celebrate Small’s life. While[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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