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Thapelo Sehapi, director of Better Care Funeral Services, said he joined the protest to make his voice heard.
“The government is really putting us aside [small funeral parlours] because we wear PPE daily on our own. We have incurred many additional costs and have not received any subsidies, even though we played an important role during the pandemic, “he said.
Sehapi said that in cases where a person died at home, they would go find the body and then have a doctor examine it to determine the cause of death, at the expense of the family.
“Things are worse now. They are adding pain to the grieving family, because families also have to pay to have the corpse tested for Covid-19. It’s unfair to us, ”he said.
Muzi Magubane, a facilitator for UTT in Soweto, echoed similar sentiments, adding that small undertakers had been deprived of opportunities to grow.
When asked when they would stop the strike, Magubane replied: “We will stop when the government recognizes us. We have said that the strike is for three days, but if our pleas are not heard, we could go [on] – but we want it to end soon. “
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