{"id":229778,"date":"2020-02-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/229778\/no-peace-for-the-dead\/"},"modified":"2020-02-13T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:56:22","slug":"no-peace-for-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/13\/no-peace-for-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead are forgotten in city\u2019s cemeteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cemetery should be a place of peace where you can visit your loved ones and honour their memories.<\/p>\n

However, this is not the case when visiting both the Primrose Cemetery and the Thomas Titus Nkobi Memorial Park in Elspark.<\/p>

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Grass being grossly overgrown, tombstones that have been vandalised and people who cannot find their loved ones\u2019 graves are just some of the problems experienced by visitors to the cemeteries.<\/p>\n

Safety at the cemeteries due to their state is also a huge concern.<\/p>

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The GCN visited both cemeteries and found them to be in a shocking condition.<\/p>\n

We unpack some of the problems at the cemeteries:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Primrose Cemetery<\/strong><\/p>\n

The problems at the cemetery were first reported to Ward 36 councillor Wendy Morgan in December last year, and to date there has been very little improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents called me to tell me that the cemetery was in a disgusting state and when I visited I agreed,\u201d said Morgan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a total lack of maintenance and I don\u2019t think the grass has been cut since the start of summer.<\/p>\n