Funeral parlours are running out of coffins as Covid and looting take their toll

Funeral businesses are under threat as riots and looting have made it challenging to get coffins

18 July 2021 - 19:02 By iavan pijoos

Looters made off with at least  50 coffins, worth an estimated R300,000, when they hit Vuyo Mabindisa’s funeral parlour in Soweto last week...

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