Issue No. 355 Date: August 19 - August 25, 2004
M A I N H E A D L I N E S
OUTRAGEOUS!
Grave excavation rampant as Dar runs out of
burial space
By Kizito Makoye & Angela Mazula
The accute shortage of burial space in Dar es Salaam has reached monumental
levels as desperate residents are forced to excavate congested graves to find a
place for burying their loved ones, uncovering remnants of the dead bodies in
the process.
Most middle-class people in the city are increasingly embarrassed and outraged
by the distressing situation they encounter in the cemeteries when their
relatives pass away. But they have very little option but to bear with it.
“We are very disheartened by the situation in our cemetery here. There is
nothing we can do, no where else we can go. It is pretty expensive to transport
the bereaved bodies to the outskirts for burial. The only option is to look for
space even if it is small so that the body can be laid to rest,” lamented Juma
Maulid, a resident of Sinza.
The Express investigation conducted this week in Kinondoni, Sinza, Mwananyamala,
Chang’ombe, Upanga, Temeke and Ubungo revealed that official cemeteries
designated to those areas are already full and congested. However, the residents
of the respective places keep digging graves. Full story
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An aerial view of the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. The City is well planned in terms of infrastructure, with roads and clearly demarcated plots of land for the residents. (Photo by Leonard Magomba).
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