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South Africa is running out of space to bury the dead… Population growth, migration to urban areas and an influx of foreigners has put huge pressure on land in urban areas. Adding to the problem is a cultural resistance to the alternative burial process of cremation. A shortage of burial plots and viable land for cemeteries has been worsened by the pandemic’s death toll. Vertical cemeteries Many countries around the world have resorted to vertical cemeteries as an alternative burial method to fight the shortage of burial spaces, but will South Africa join the queue too? The entrance to Westpark…
