Residents are appealing for funeral parlours to partner with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in improving the cemeteries in the country's second-largest city.
In an interview with Southern Eye yesterday, Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association provincial secretary for administration, Thabani Ndlovu, said funeral parlours are raking in lots of money in their business, hence the need to partner with the council to improve cemeteries.
“At the moment, our cemeteries are in a sorry state, for example, Hyde Park, where there is no fence to protect the area. We also have Luveve Cemetery, where the road leading there is in a sorry state, but we have funeral parlours who operate daily, hence, we, the residents, urge those funeral parlours to give back to the community to uplift our city,’’ he said.
Ndlovu said the council should be strict with those selling goods in cemeteries as it is against African culture.
“We urge residents to embrace our African culture and desist from selling food in cemeteries to protect our dignity as Africans. We appeal to the council to enact stiff penalties that punish those dumping refuse inside cemeteries,’’ he added.
Bulawayo United Residents Association chairperson Winos Dube said the council should work to maintain the cemeteries.
“We appeal to funeral parlours to work with the council and improve the sorry state of our cemeteries as they have reduced the dignity of our city,’’ he said.
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