FIRA- Funeral Industry Reformed Association

11/12/2025

Sanlam pre paid funeral cover - Parlours has being doing this for years, some without any administrator / insurer / underwriter -

FIRA advise: Its a risk not being insured

One of the key challenges with conventional funeral cover is that it assumes steady disposable income – something the majority of South Africans simply do not have.

11/12/2025

10/12/2025

Help the Welman family bury their son with dignity

he well-known grey-haired man who was always standing at the robot on the corner of Lilian Ngoyi and Beyers Naude streets, died on Friday.

10/12/2025

Man stabbed during attempted robbery at Westpark Cemetery

A quiet visit to a father's gravesite turned bloody when two armed men confronted and attacked a mourner and his friend at Westpark Cemetery.

09/12/2025

Funeral packages offering, raises eyebrows.

Don't be fooled by political parties / officials they're aware thereof, some are beneficiaries even co- owning or owning parlours.

Let's ask what is the FSCA and CGSO doing?

04/12/2025

29/11/2025

FIRA suspects Services Seta has been a huge money spinner for within the funeral industry - without any oversight to benefit the total funeral industry value chain

Services SETA Administrator Lehlogonolo Masoga outlines firm actions against financial mismanagement and highlights the institution's efforts to improve governance and support youth training.

29/11/2025

It's local election time: Suddenly cemeteries / crematoriums become a point of discussion, neglected and delayed for decades...

MMM addresses DA concerns over unfinished cemetery projects, citing verified payments, contractor delays, and a major funding shortfall.

29/11/2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PlYw6A98Tsa1CApruJLZg?si=O77nJy-kS8OFFOgGotRRiQ

👆29 November 2025: PG18L Probleme na afsterwe? Hier is wat om te vermy.

Luister gerus na die goeie raad wat Johan Rousseau van FIRA vir jou hieroor het. Lekker Luister op Hierna

Luister Hierna · Episode

27/11/2025

Lykshuis sonder krag: Dis onaanvaarbaar

https://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/munisipaliteite/lykshuis-ouetehuis-in-ottosdal-al-week-lank-sonder-kragtoevoer-20251126-0918?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEefgYEypBrQFtrdrXyXdy7seu172Ne1Ab04dASrof1nwwNlwf14su7qYT3xIw_aem_MuyAtDkjxInoI6-jm_fvYA&sfnsn=scwspwa

Die lykshuis, skoolkoshuis, ouetehuis, kitsbanke en die enigste apteek. Noem ’n instelling of onderneming, en hulle het al ’n week lank geen kragtoevoer in Ottosdal, Noordwes, nie.

26/11/2025

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