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The Forum says government can't justify spending taxpayers' monies on lavish state funerals.

The civil society movement believes this will end the alleged corruption it says has infiltrated government-funded burials.

Bloem’s comments follow a scathing report recently issued by Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka which revealed that more than R3-million had been spent on the funeral ofMakgoe died in March 2023 with political opposition parties in the province flagging down the opulence associated with his funeral at the time.

 

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