Designer Death? South Africa Struggles to Bury Inequality

By Kim Harrisberg

If death is the great equalizer, South Africa’s designer graveyards look like one of the best ends on offer.

With hot tea, wifi and soft sofas – not to mention native birds and a rippling dam – a new breed of luxury cemetery is reinforcing divides between Johannesburg’s haves and have-nots.

Memorial Park cemetery in Soweto, South Africa’s biggest township, is one of five cemeteries owned by listed company Calgro M3, whose fortunes are tied to land and housing.

The plush cemeteries they have added to their portfolio of houses and retirement homes have sharply divided opinion: lauded as a wise investment by some, derided as elitist by others…Read more>>

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