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Cape Town mother waits nearly a year for son’s ashes after funeral arrangements

IOL · 28 August 2026 at 09:00

Cape Town mother waits nearly a year for son’s ashes after funeral arrangements

Cape Town mother Marina Fortune says she has waited almost a year for the ashes of her son, Richard Jones, after paying R8,000 for funeral and cremation arrangements.

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