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Families struggle to find gravesites

FAMILIES whose loved ones are buried at cemeteries in Merebank have accused the city of not doing enough to maintain the graveyard.

Preston Naidoo, 40, of Merebank, said his mother, Brenda, was buried at the Merebank Cemetery. She died in 2016, aged 55, after a stroke.

“I visited her gravesite on March 21 last year to mark her 59th birthday. I was unable to return during the course of the year due to the lockdown

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