Disgusted Kempton Park Resident writes:
As a resident and taxpayer of Kempton Park/Ekurhuleni for many years, I write this with disgust and great disappointment in our parks department.
Zuurfontein Cemetery on Plane Road in Spartan, which is the final resting place for my father, my mother, my son and many acquaintances, has become an eyesore to say the least.
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This cemetery has not had any attention for months and the gardens and lawns surrounding the graves have gone to veld status. The gardens were always kept in pristine condition and planted with roses and flowers and were always admired and a pleasure to behold.
They are now non-existent and the grass in between the graves, which has not been mowed for many months, is now dead and dry and to walk there is like a trek in the veld.It is truly heart-breaking to see the abandoned and uncared for resting place of our loved ones.
I can only assume that every other cemetery under the care of Ekurhuleni has gone the same way.
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I realise that in our present day, respect for anything or anyone is no longer of any consequence and to see this situation, one realises that there is no longer even respect for the dead.
Shame on you Ekurhuleni!
The metro still has to respond to a query about cemeteries and long grass sent by Kempton Express – Editor
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