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BCC runs out of burial space, takes over private cemetery

Jeffrey Muvundusi

In a public notice then, the CCH appealed to relatives of the deceased, two women and 16 men who had been at the hospital’s mortuary since August last year, to claim the bodies and afford them decent burials.

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to take over a privately-owned up-market cemetery, Umvutcha, as the country’s second largest city runs out of burial space. The cemetery in Trenance suburb, which is expected to ease the shortage of burial space in the city, has an estimated grave capacity of 45 000. This comes after…

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