{"id":305931,"date":"2021-07-10T12:01:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T10:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=305931"},"modified":"2021-07-10T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T10:01:06","slug":"demand-for-graves-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=305931","title":{"rendered":"Demand for graves grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marthina Mutanga<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WITH an extraordinary increase in the COVID-19 death toll, the City of Windhoek is dealing with an unusually high demand for gravesites in the various cemeteries.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to City of Windhoek spokesperson, Lydia Amutenya, previously, cemeteries were mainly busy over the weekends, however, the situation has changed dramatically over the past two months.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is heart rendering to see various families filling the different cemeteries to hold services for their loved ones that passed away,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, grave masons are constantly measuring out new gravesites before digging can commence.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amutenya said that the City of Windhoek extends condolences to all the residents who lost their loved ones and pleaded for patience from the bereaved families because the process of preparing graves takes some time to complete.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" alt=\"Demand graves grow COVID-19 death City Windhoek dealing gravesites\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-305933\" data-id=\"305933\" 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