{"id":46980,"date":"2013-10-28T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/46980\/who-is-to-blameorthomas-titus-nkobi-memorial-park-under-fire\/"},"modified":"2013-10-28T09:36:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T07:36:35","slug":"who-is-to-blameorthomas-titus-nkobi-memorial-park-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2013\/10\/28\/who-is-to-blameorthomas-titus-nkobi-memorial-park-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is to blame?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Titus Nkobi Memorial Park has come under fire, with reports of several tombstones being defaced and damaged, allegedly by careless workers.<\/p>\n

The GCN spoke with Hans Robbertse, whose parents are buried in the memorial park.<\/p>

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He said he was visiting his parent’s grave when he saw a TLB (earth mover), that was travelling between the tombstones crash into one of them, breaking it.<\/p>\n

When Robbertse asked who would pay for the tombstone’s repair, he was rudely told to leave, as this matter was none of his concern.<\/p>

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Upon closer inspection of the cemetery, Robbertse discovered there are a large number of tombstones that have been badly damaged by the TLB.<\/p>\n

He decided to visit the cemetery’s main offices, where he reported what he had seen and the behaviour of the cemetery’s staff.<\/p>\n

He was told that someone would contact him.<\/p>\n

“No one ever got back to me,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I would like to know who is responsible for the tombstone repairs and why such a large machine is needed and used in an area where space is so limited.”<\/p>\n

The GCN contacted the metro for comment, but, at the time of going to press, none had been received.<\/p>\n