burials

12 Mar 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner: University of Pretoria

By Staff Writer

Burial spaces within the City of Pretoria have become inert, fenced-off islands – restricting death rituals and their intrinsic value to society, according to Liam Ullrich from the University of Pretoria. A final-year thesis entitled ‘Life in Death: Addressing Heterotopic Burial Spaces by Reintroducing Burial Rituals into the Inner City of Pretoria’ saw Liam declared...

06 Jul 2016

South Africans could pay more to bury loved ones

By Janice Roberts

With food prices continuing to increase, rising fuel prices and high electricity tariffs – South Africans could see the average cost of burying a loved one rising significantly in the short-term.