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Funeral businesses’ finances hit hard by rapid rise in Covid-19 deaths

13 January 2021 by Alan

Durban in the News:

Funeral businesses’ finances hit hard by rapid rise in Covid-19 deaths: Burial services say they are unable to cope as the rising death rate strains their finances and spiralling demand drives up the prices of increasingly scarce coffins.

High cost to wildlife from shark nets protecting South Africa beaches: The 200-metre stretch of mesh is meant to protect swimmers basking on the eastern coast’s beaches. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KZN Education Dept says it’s on track to open schools on 27 January: Natal said that they were on track to open schools for teachers on 25 January and welcome back pupils on 27 January. The province has the biggest education system in the country with over 6,200 …

High cost to wildlife from shark nets protecting SA beaches: Shark nets are meant to protect swimmers basking on the eastern coast’s palm-lined beaches from attacks but conservationists say the nets trap any large animal that swims too clobse to shore, making …

COVID-19: Gauteng to overtake KwaZulu-Natal as epicentre: Gauteng Premier David Makhura has expressed concern over the rate at which people in the province have been contracting COVID-19 …

Covid-19 death toll rises by 755 over 24 hours, recoveries pass 1-million mark: Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday night 755 deaths were recorded across SA over the past 24 hours, including more than 200 deaths in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. It’s another grim milestone …

SA’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 34,334 after 755 fatalities recorded: A staggering 755 more people have died here in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus.The latest fatalities, recorded over the past 24 hours, have pushed the country’s death toll to 34,334.The …


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