The City of Joburg's Parks and Zoo celebrated 50 years of Avalon Cemetery, South Africa's biggest resting site. The cemetery in Soweto is the resting place for icons like Helen Joseph, Hector ...

The Avalon Cemetery has become a “crime hotspot”‚ the Kliptown sector of the South African Police Service has warned. At least three cases of vehicle theft whilst funeral services are being ...

Meanwhile, following the heavy rains across South Africa and more rain predicted over the weekend, residents from Lenasia and surrounds have been urged to visit the Avalon Cemetery to maintain ...

As South Africa wraps up Heritage Month, The City of Johannesburg’s City Parks and Zoo hosted a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Avalon Cemetery. ALSO READ: Celebrations as 100 000th Polo Vivo ...

a catastrophic public health problem that will continue to challenge South Africa's leadership, has become dangerously politicized. A visit to the Avalon Cemetery in Soweto illustrates the crisis.

Soweto's Avalon cemetery, which has the highest number of burials in South Africa, averaging 175 burials a week, is the only one left with enough space to last the next 10 years. Newclare and New ...

South Africa, which recent United Nations’s ... adding that one could attend several funerals on a Saturday. At Avalon cemetery there are between 250 and 275 funerals a week, and the City ...

The Avalon Cemetery in Johannesburg is a historic landmark, the biggest cemetery in the country and final resting place for many of South Africa's Struggle stalwarts and icons, including Hector ...

found itself under the microscope on Monday during the South African Communist Party's (SACP) commemoration of Joe Slovo’s legacy at the Avalon Cemetery in Soweto. Those attending said it was a ...

In the middle of the vast Avalon cemetery in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, two gravediggers shovelled soil out of an old grave containing remains buried years ago. Population growth ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — In the middle of the vast Avalon cemetery in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, two gravediggers shovelled soil out of an old grave containing remains buried ...