Cremate to Save Land, Zimbabwe Urged

As traditional burials are highly resource-intensive, with the need for burial space competing with other developmental projects, authorities have been urged to consider switching to cremation.

Cremation (file photo).

  • Zimbabwe:   Cremation Environmentally Friendly

    The Herald, 25 August 2016

    "I cannot imagine old, wrinkled witches with their long nails feasting on my flesh when I die. I will not give them that satisfaction because now they must be salivating, lusting… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Graves or Cremation?

    The Herald, 11 February 2016

    How often would a person think of his or her own death, let alone the funeral? For most Zimbabweans, the whole idea is scary. For, as one writer puts it, how does one imagine a… Read more »

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