eThekwini Municipality in South Africa recommissions the oThongathi Crematorium after completing a R6 million refurbishment. The municipality says the work is designed to restore critical cremation services and address infrastructure backlogs affecting the facility. After the upgrade, the crematorium is reopened to resume service delivery for residents who rely on it for cremations. The refurbishment focuses on returning the plant to full operational status following earlier maintenance and infrastructure constraints, according to the municipality’s announcement as reported by IOL. The reopening is framed as part of municipal efforts to clear service disruptions and improve public infrastructure capacity in the eThekwini area. With the facility recommissioned, cremation operations are expected to continue under the upgraded infrastructure, following the completion of the refurbishment programme and associated commissioning steps.