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THE Zimbabwe Association of Funeral Assurers is seeking Government to reduce duty charged on hearses and other burial equipment to enhance service delivery. “Our members need equipment in the form of motor vehicles, buses, coldrooms and other burial equipment which they are finding difficult to purchase due to high import duties,” ZAFA president Dr Edward Gomba said in his closing remarks at the Funeral Assurance and Services Conference held in Gweru.
Dr Gomba said the industry was hoping the Government would put in place policy measures to allow the funeral sector to grow without increasing compliance requirements.
At the conference, Dr Gomba was elected the president of the newly formed African Funeral Assurers and Services while Kenya and South Africa took the first and second vice presidency respectively,
African Funeral Assurers and Services is made up of ZAFA, the National Funeral Directors Association of South Africa and Funeral Services Association of Kenya.
The association will tackle issues relating to funeral assurance at a continental level. It would help the countries to share ideas on investments, industry challenges and solutions, formation of standard laws in the region and in Africa.
The association’s administration offices will be based in Harare.
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