The transportation of corpses and large burial ceremonies have been banned
Maaki Modimola sways along to a hymn in the yard of her dead sister’s home in Soweto, a bottle of sanitiser swinging in her hand.
Later at the cemetery, mourners sit on chairs spaced one metre apart. The usual choir is replaced by a recorded track blaring out of a single speaker. Maaki’s sister Mary did not die from Covid-19, but its influence is everywhere in the ceremony.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.
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