WE HAVE NO CLOSURE
Sep 25, 2020
4 minutes
BY LESEGO SEOKWANG
WHEN his father passed away after contracting Covid-19 while recovering in hospital from hip-replacement surgery, Ricky Maharaj was devastated.
“We couldn’t view the body because of Covid-19 protocol,” he says.
The funeral arrangements for Chundersen Maharaj had to follow the strictest protocols and the Maharaj family did everything in accordance with the law.
The body was given to them in a sealed casket and Chundersen (84) was cremated in line with the family’s Hindu beliefs, and his ashes scattered in the sea.
But the following day, Ricky got news that shook him to the core. The family
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