Coffin supply sector also under strain

Undertakers struggle to keep up with Covid-19 death toll

07 January 2021 - 07:29
By Tankiso Makhetha and Lindile Sifile

Sounds of hymns from mourners give life to an eerily quiet Olifantsvlei Cemetery as families and friends bid farewell to their loved ones who have become statistics of the rising Covid-19 death toll.

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