Smashed tombstones, litter tossed on graves and an informal settlement that has sprouted among graves at a cemetery.
This is the state of some graveyards in Gauteng which have become unkempt and unsafe spaces where criminals roam freely, vandalising and creating illegal settlements in the last resting place for the dead.
For grieving families, the graveyards are no longer places of solace but symbols of neglect and decay.