The Municipality’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Unit wishes to announce that the Tongaat and Verulam areas which were previously serviced by the Tongaat Regional Cemetery at Desai Nagar have reached capacity to provide new graves.

Only families that have graves under lease that grant them the exclusive right of use will be permitted to re-use the graves for burials. All other graves that are 10 years and older without lease, records or tombstones will be available for re-use as is the practice in all eThekwini Municipal Cemeteries and as provided for under the KwaZulu-Natal Cemeteries No.12 of 1996 Chapter IV.

Families are advised that should they wish to retain the rights to re-use or reserve a grave from future use, they are to contact the office of the District Manager of the Parks Leisure and Cemeteries- Cemeteries and Crematoria Section, in order to apply for a ten year lease of the grave. Any person, who does not intend to lease the grave where a family member has been buried and objects to it being reused, should raise his/her objection in writing by no later than Monday, 30 September 2013. Reference must be made to the relationship to the deceased, the name of the deceased, block and grave number and proof of identification.

All letters to be directed to:

District Manager Parks Leisure and Cemeteries

Cemeteries and Crematoria Section

PO Box 3740

Durban

4000

Enquiries may also be made at the:

Cemeteries and Crematoria Office

8th Floor

75 Dr Langalibalele Dube Street ( Winder Street)

Durban

Telephone 031 311447

For more information, contact the Municipal Spokesperson, Mr Thabo Mofokeng on 031 311 4820/ 082 731 7456 or email: thabo1.mofokeng@durban.gov.za.

Issued by the eThekwini Municipality's Communications Unit. Contact Vuyo Gwala on 031 311 4838/073 250 5704 or email: vuyo.gwala@durban.gov.za

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