{"id":3926,"date":"2021-08-06T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2021-08-06T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:07:04","slug":"maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs","title":{"rendered":"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now learned that they will soon have to pay more to bury their loved ones.<\/p>\n

This Wednesday, ten years after the previous update, Maputo Municipal Assembly approved a new municipal decree on cemeteries and funerals.<\/p>\n

The new rates are as follows.<\/p>\n

Even the linings of the graves have new prices.<\/p>\n

The decree was approved by the majority bench in the Municipal Assembly on the 4th of August, replacing regime 76\/AM\/2011 of the 26th of October, which, according to Municipal Director of Morgues and Cemeteries, H\u00e9lder Muando, had needed an update for some time.<\/p>\n

Several community consultations held<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter ten years, verifying the evolution, in terms of development of the Municipality of Maputo and the adequacy of the new operating rules in terms of cemetery management, taking into account the emergence of pathologies (burials in cases of infectious diseases), we have seen the need to produce a document that fits the current reality,\u201d Muando explained.<\/p>\n

Muando said that the new decree was conceived looking at the reality and interest of the residents of Maputo, and argues that several community consultations were held.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout the ten years\u2019 validity of the previous municipal decree, we always carried out field activities, where we sought the feelings of citizens regarding the management of cemeteries,\u201d Muando said.<\/p>\n

The previous rates were based on the minimum wage of ten years ago, Muando detailed. Things had changed and an update was needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rates of the posture approved in 2011 were fixed based on a percentage of the minimum wage and this consistency was maintained in the application of the new rates. That is why there was no change that will harm the citizen,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring our field work, some residents were indicating the rates that were a burden to them and that they wanted to be maintained, and we did so,\u201d Muando stressed. Citizens who are unable to pay the expenses can be exempted from payment upon presentation of a poverty certificate.<\/p>\n

\u2018Commodification\u2019 of human dignity, says MDM<\/b><\/p>\n

The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) bench in the Municipal Assembly has distanced itself from the changes, considering the decision absurd and inappropriate, taking into account the number of deaths that Maputo is registering as a result of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rate increase ranges from 100 percent to 1,500 percent, and are based on the highest minimum wage (12,760,18 MZN). This means that, in future, a funeral will only be possible upon payment of 1,500 meticais, among other fees. This is absurd considering that 80% of the citizens of Maputo city live in poverty, in addition to the fact that for two years there has been no adjustment to the minimum wage,\u201d MDM spokesperson Augusto Mbazo remarked.<\/p>\n

The municipality was, he added, taking advantage of current circumstances, the city of Maputo in particular, to collect more revenue, which, according to him, reveals a cold and inhumane municipal council.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe desperation of the Municipal Council to collect revenue at any cost, has reached immoral levels, absolutely unethical, in effect \u2018commodifying\u2019 human essence and dignity. The rates provided for in the decree represent disrespect to bereaved families and transform what is essentially a social service into an income-earning activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newly approved municipal decree will enter into force 15 days after its publication in the Government Gazette [Boletim da Rep\u00fablica].<\/p>\n

By<\/b><\/p>\n

Inalcide Uamusse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now learned that they will soon have to pay more to bury their loved ones. This Wednesday, ten years after the previous update, Maputo Municipal Assembly approved a new municipal decree on cemeteries and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-3926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nMaputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now lear ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now lear ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-06T14:35:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-06T14:35:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs\"},\"wordCount\":577,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs\",\"name\":\"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs - Mozambique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-06T14:35:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now lear ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg\",\"width\":730,\"height\":438,\"caption\":\"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\",\"name\":\"Mozambique\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs - Mozambique","description":"After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now lear ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs","og_description":"After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now lear ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs","og_site_name":"Mozambique","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-08-06T14:35:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs","datePublished":"2021-08-06T14:35:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs"},"wordCount":577,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Mozambique","Mozambique"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs","name":"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs - Mozambique","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-06T14:35:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"After the extension of the deadline to regularise payments for graves and vaults, residents of Maputo city have now lear ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/08\/img-610d41f395152.jpg","width":730,"height":438,"caption":"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-city-approves-major-hikes-in-cemetery-burial-costs#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maputo city approves major hikes in cemetery, burial costs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/","name":"Mozambique","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}