Lindi Monyae ,Executive For Liberty Emerging Consumer Market
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PLANNING FOR FUNERAL WITH COVID19 PANDEMIC:
Losing a loved one is one of the hardest experiences a person will go through in their life. Stats SA revealed in 2018 that the average funeral cost was between R50 000 to R250 000 and was increasing year on year by approximately 12 percent. But the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of that, with government regulations limiting the number of people able to attend a funeral and travel out of province. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has ordered that only 50 people may attend a funeral, which can only go on for as long as a permit allows, and night vigils are prohibited entirely. This in overall changes the costs of funerals:
Losing a loved one is one of the hardest experiences a person will go through in their life. Stats SA revealed in 2018 that the average funeral cost was between R50 000 to R250 000 and was increasing year on year by approximately 12 percent. But the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of that, with government regulations limiting the number of people able to attend a funeral and travel out of province. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has ordered that only 50 people may attend a funeral, which can only go on for as long as a permit allows, and night vigils are prohibited entirely. This in overall changes the costs of funerals:
