Grave injustice sparks cemetery photo project
Nearly 1-million photos of graves have been taken in programme to preserve them for history
09 February 2025 - 00:00
As tombstones crumble, metal plaques are stolen and cemetery records disappear, volunteers are racing against time to document the final resting places of thousands of South Africans before they are lost forever...
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