SINCE December last year, undertakers have been unable to book cremations at the Mobeni Heights crematorium for “larger bodies” as the furnace door of the incinerator is too small.
Fed-up with the ongoing problems at the crematorium, the Progressive Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa (Profpa SA) has appealed to the eThekwini Municipality to allow the facility to be privatised, or its day-to-day running outsourced.
Director of Pinetown Funeral Services, Clive Moodley, said: “This crematorium can only accommodate