Coffins, Cash & Cartels: The Price of a South African Funeral with Mohamed Kharwa - S3E5
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💀 South Africa’s funeral industry is a multi-billion rand machine and for many families, it feels less like a service and more like a shakedown.Behind the grief, there’s a brutal reality:Families are forced into debt just to bury loved ones.Coffins, tents, and tombstones are priced like luxury items.A tightly-controlled “funeral mafia” decides how you operate in your area.In this explosive conversation with Mohamed Kharwa, we go deep into the politics, profiteering, and cultural traps that make funerals one of the heaviest financial burdens in South African households.We ask the hard questions:👉 Why is death more expensive than life?👉 Who really benefits from the funeral economy?👉 And what would a decolonised funeral look like — one that honours our loved ones without bankrupting the living?🎙️ This episode will make you rethink what happens after death — not just spiritually, but economically and culturally.
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