Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is the local authority and government for Gauteng, former East Rand area. Offers news, tourism and municipal information.

The office is closed on weekends, but weekend burials can be arranged on Fridays. New graves can be arranged on the same day since the prepared graves are always available. The Muslim and Christian sections are still in operation. Muslims can arrange funerals on the same day and make arrangements for payment later. The Christian section accommodates all religions. The cemetery digs the grave, but families usually cover the graves. However, cemetery workers will cover the grave at no additional cost if requested by the family. Hours: 7am to 4pm daily

Avalon Cemetery represented the place to honour struggle heroes, and today holds the graves of many South African heroes. Hector Pieterson, Tsietsi Mashinini, Joe Slovo, Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph and many more are buried here. During the height of the struggle in the 1970s and 1980s, funerals became one of the most powerful expressions of defiance against the apartheid government. In many ways, Avalon is associated with a history of defiance and struggle. Thousands of mourners would congregate at the cemetery to sing forbidden songs of freedom and chant banned slogans until they were driven away by security forces. Located in the south-western corner of Soweto, the cemetery spans 172 hectares and holds graves of more than 300 000 people. Telephone: (011) 947-1348 or (011) 947-2696 Cellphone: 082 880-7062 or 082 366-1307 Operations: Tel : (011) 028-0092

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is the local authority and government for Gauteng, former East Rand area. Offers news, tourism and municipal information.

Brixton Cemetery holds many war graves from throughout South Africa's history. There is monument near the main entrance which commemorates the South Africans who died in the First World War. There is a second First World War monument in Main Drive, erected in memory of the South African Scottish Regiment. Other famous people buried here include Randlord Lionel Phillips, who was buried in the early 1900s, as was his wife, Lady Florence, who established what became the Johannesburg Art Gallery. Sir George Albu, who established the mining house that became Billiton, is buried in Brixton. Gandhi played a role in the building of the first Hindu crematorium in Johannesburg, and the first in Africa. In 1908, Gandhi negotiated with the town council to settle on Brixton Cemetery as a suitable plot for a crematorium. A wood-burning crematorium was built in 1918 and still stands, although a brick, gas-fired crematorium was built in 1956 which is still used. Mary Fitzgerald, Johannesburg's dep

Dobsonville does not cater for the reopening of graves. There are some reserved gravesites. A number of afterhours burials are done. Maintenance programme is every 28 days. Hours: Normal hours for funerals or visits are from 8am to 4pm, weekdays.

Westpark Cemetery is a large cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the resting place of some of the country's well-known citizens. It is a non-denomination designated burial ground, and thus has Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Chinese burial areas. The Jewish section contains a Holocaust Memorial, erected in 1959. It was opened in 1942, and historically was part of one of Johannesburg's original farms, Farm Waterval, which was purchased in 1887 by two Geldenhuys brothers in the hope of finding gold. While they did not find gold, Louw Geldenhuys employed Boer War veterans to build the Emmarentia Dam, and leased smallholdings with fruit trees. In 1993, 13 hectares were donated to the city for public recreation and, eventually with the other sections, became the Johannesburg Botanic Gardens, Marks Parks Sports Club and the Westpark Cemetery. Today, the sprawling cemetery is the resting place of thousands of Johannesburg residents, and has separate Chinese, Muslim...

This cemetery has been closed for new graves, except for some reserved graves. Hours: 8am to 4pm daily. Maintenance programme is every 28 days.

Weltevreden Park Cemetery is closed to new graves. Visiting hours: 8am to 4pm daily Maintenance programme is every 60 days.