Those who are
running the cemetery have erected a sign along Seke Road to advise clients that
they are back in business.
The owners of
Rukodzi Parish Cemetery are now using a rural address for their business, which
they say is now based at Murape School in the Seke rural area.
They have
changed the named from Rukodzi Parish to Rukodzi Perish.
Two years ago,
the cemetery’s owners clashed with the owners of Zororo Memorial Park.
The row started
when Rukodzi Parish Cemetery sold more than 50 graves, at US$80 each, and the
case spilled into the courts.
Rukodzi was
arrested and appeared in court facing allegations of selling more than 50
graves at US$80 each on State land and aallegedly using burial orders and
issuing receipts in the name of a legitimate cemetery company, Zororo Memorial
Park.
Sources said
Rukodzi once applied for land from the Harare City Council, which is near
Zororo Cemetery but then, without approval, moved into the nearby State land
where he was operating his cemetery.
In February
that year, the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works wrote to police in
Waterfalls advising them that they had not allocated any land for cemetery
purposes to Rukodzi at either Retreat and Eyestone Farms.
“Could you
please be advised that the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works did
not allocate any land for cemetery purposes to Rukodzi Parish Pvt Ltd at the
above properties. Be guided accordingly,” read the letter dated February 7,
2023, from the Ministry.
Several people
had already been buried at the cemetery. H Metro
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