The Black First Land First movement (BLF) has come under fire after it allocated unused graves dug at the Honingnestkrans cemetery, north of Tshwane, to government leaders.
“The BLF did not close the graves, as they claimed in the invite, but instead planted crosses engraved with the names of government leaders at open graves,” said Tshwane head administrator Mpho Nawa.
“The caretaker couldn’t do anything about it as he was alone and outnumbered, but reported the incident to his supervisor. City officials later removed the crosses and destroyed them," the Tshwane metro said in its statement. “The city digs the graves in the normal course of its work to ensure there are graves ready for interments,” Nawa said.
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