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Lots of burial space in Joburg

JOHANNESBURG City Parks insists there is no shortage of burial space in the city, despite a drastic surge in deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic in the last few months.

With several provinces running out of space, there were fears that Johannesburg faced similar issues.

However, City Parks says it has adequate burial space for the next four to five decades, with over a million burial plots still available.

“We aren’t concerned at this stage as we have adequate space based on

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