Question to the Minister of Health - NW2420

30 June 2023 - NW2420

Stander, Ms T to ask the Minister of Health

Whether he will furnish Mr P A van Staden with the (a) total number of (i) state mortuaries and (ii) state crematoriums in each province and (b) names, (c) locations and (d) maximum capacity of each specified facility; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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(a) (i) Table 1 below indicate the response.

Table 1:

Province	Total Number of state mortuaries
Eastern Cape	22
Free State	11
KwaZulu Natal	25
Gauteng	11
Limpopo	12
Mpumalanga	20
Northern Cape	11
Northwest	7
Western Cape	17
National	136

(ii) There are no crematoriums operated by the state, as state hospitals do not cremate corpses on site. From the information received from Provinces, Persons that pass on in hospitals are transferred to private mortuaries or crematoriums by family members, and other human remains such as stillborn babies are disposed off as anatomical waste and the disposal thereof is handled as part of the health risk waste contracts outsourced to various private companies in all 9 (nine) provinces.

(b)(c)(d) Names, locations and capacity of state mortuaries are attached as Annexure A.

ANNEXURE A

State Mortuaries Names, locations and capacity are reflected below

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
	Facility(b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	New Brighton	New Brighton	60
2	Mount Road	Mount Road	44
3	Gelvandale	Gelvandale	18
4	Grahamstown	Grahamstown	48
5	Graaff-Reinet	Graaff -Reinet	40
6	Woodbrook	Woodbrook	35
7	Mdantsane	Mdantsane	33
8	Bizana	Bizana	12
9	Butterworth	Butterworth	32
10	Bhisho	Bhisho	12
11	Queenstown	Queenstown	32
12	Adelaide	Adelaide	9
13	Aliwal North	Aliwal North	32
14	Middelburg	Middelburg	9
15	Mthatha	Mthatha	96
16	Mount Fletcher	Mount Fletcher	10
17	Mount Frere	Mount Frere	32
18	Molteno	Molteno	12
19	Lusikisiki	Lusikisiki	32
20	Port Alfred	Port Alfred	9
21	Uitenhage	Uitenhage	12
22	Joubertina	Joubertina	6
FREE STATE PROVINCE
No	Facility(b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	Bloemfontein	Bloemfontein	248
2	Botshabelo	Botshabelo	9
3	Jagersfontein	Jagersfontein	16
4	Bethlehem	Bethlehem	16
5	Harrismith	Harrismith	9
6	Ficksburg	Ficksburg	9
7	Smithfield	Smithfield	16
8	Phuthaditjhaba	Phuthaditjhaba	21
9	Welkom	Welkom	72
10	Kroonstad	Kroonstad	22
11	Sasolburg	Sasolburg	40
GAUTENG PROVINCE
No	Facility(b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	Johannesburg	Johannesburg	3000-4500
2	Roodepoort	Roodepoort	1000-2000
3	Germiston	Germiston	3000-4500
4	Carlentonville	Carletonville	250-500
4	Springs	Springs	1000-2000
5	Heidelberg	Heidelburg	250-500
6	Diepkloof	Diepkloof	2000-2500
7	Sebokeng	Sebokeng	2000-2500
8	Pretoria	Pretoria	2000-2500
9	Bronkhorstspruit	Bronkhorspruit	250 – 500
10	Garankuwa	Garankuwa	1000-1500
KWAZULU NATAL PROVINCE
No	Facility(b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	Phoenix	Phoenix	540
2	Pinetown	Pinetown	124
3	Park Rynie	Park Rynie	177
4	Port Shepstone	Port Shepstone	112
5	Harding	Harding	12
6	KwaDukuza	KwaDukuza	102
7	Pietermaritzburg	Pietermaritzburg	433
8	New Hanover	New Hanover	22
9	Howick	Howick	18
10	Richmond	Richmond	15
11	Ladysmith	Ladysmith	25
12	Estcourt	Estcourt	51
13	Dundee	Dundee	100
14	Greytown	Greytown	53
15	Newcastle	Newcastle	85
16	Madadeni	Madadeni	56
17	Dannhauser	Dannhauser	6
18	Kokstad	Kokstad	48
19	Ixopo	Ixopo	12
20	Umzimkulu	Umzimkulu	9
21	Bulwer	Bulwer	12
22	Nongoma	Nongoma	24
23	Paulpietersburg	Paulpietersburg	06
24	Vryheid	Vryheid	12
25	Pongola	Pongola	12
26	Richards Bay	Richards Bay	136
27	Eshowe	Eshowe	150
28	Richards Bay	Richards Bay	136
29	Mkhuze	Mkhuze	Hospital facility
30	Mosvold	Mosvold	Hospital facility
31	Manguzi	Manguzi	Hospital facility
32	Nkandla	Nkandla	Hospital facility
33	Ulundi	Ulundi	Undertaker holding facility
LIMPOPO PROVINCE
No	Facility(b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	Polokwane	Polokwane	72
2	Lebokwakgomo	Lebowakgomo	48
3	Bela Bela	Bela Bela	60
4	Elim	Elim	54
5	Maphutha Malatjie, Phalaborwa	Phalaborwa	54
6	Nkhensani, Giyane	Giyani	24
7	Kgapane, Tzaneen	Tzaneen	78
8	Tshilidzini	Thohoyandou	66
9	Letaba, Tzaneen	Tzaneen	54
10	St Ritas	Glen Cowie	54
11	Mokopane	Mokopane	60
12	Groblersdal	Groblersdal	102
MPUMALANGA PROVINCE
	Facility(b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	Standerton	Standerton	18
2	Balfour	Balfour	15
3	Carolina	Carolina	18
4	Bethal	Bethal	24
5	Witbank	Witbank	36
6	Delmas	Delmas	15
7	Belfast	Belfast	15
8	Mmamethlake	Mmametlhake	36
9	KwaMhlanga	KwaMhlanga	21
10	Middelburg	Middelburg	32
11	Tonga	Tonga	24
12	Themba	Themba	66
13	Mapulaneng	Mapulaneng	12
14	Tintswalo	Acornhoek	18
15	Barberton	Barberton	18
16	Lydenburg	Lydenburg	18
17	Volksrust	Volksrust	18
18	Evander	Evander	30
19	Ermelo	Ermelo	30
20	Embhuleni	Elukwatini	18
21	Piet Retief	Piet Retief	30
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE
No	Facility (b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	Kimberley	Kimberly	30
2	Upington	Upington	36
3	De Aar	De Aar	18
4	Kuruman	Kuruman	36
5	Calvinia	Calvinia	15
6	Springbok	Springbok	13
7	Postmasburg	Postmansburg	12
8	Hartswater	Hartswater	6
9	Douglas	Douglas	6
10	Prieska	Prieska	6
11	Victoria West	Victoria West	6
NORTHWEST PROVINCE
No	Facility(b)	Town(c)	Capacity(d)
1	Phokeng	Rustenburg	80
2	Vryburg	Vryburg	44
3	Klerksdorp	Klerksdorp	50
4	Lichtenburg	Lichtenburg	20
5	Brits	Brits	100
6	Potchefstroom	Potchefstroom	20
7	Mafikeng	Mafikeng	15
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
No	Facility(b)	Town©	Capacity(d) Outstanding
1	Salt River	Salt River
2	Tygerberg	Tygerberg
3	Paarl	Paarl
5	Vredendal	Vredendal
6	Malmesbury	Malmesbury
7	Vredenburg	Vredenburg
8	Worcester	Worcester
9	Wolseley	Wolseley
10	Hermanus	Hermanus
11	George	George
12	Laingsburg	Laingsburg
13	Mossel Bay	Mossel Bay
14	Knysna	Knysna
15	Oudtshoorn	Oudtshoorn
16	Beaufort West	Beaufort West
17	Riversdale	Riversdale

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