The Activists and Citizens Forum has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to abolish state funerals.
The civil society movement believes this will end the alleged corruption it says has infiltrated government-funded burials.
The Forums spokesperson Dennis Bloem indicated that the governments move to spend taxpayers monies on state funerals simply cant be justified.
Bloems comments follow a scathing report recently issued by Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka which revealed that more than R3-million had been spent on the funeral of late Free State Education MEC Tate Makgoe .
Makgoe died in March 2023 with political opposition parties in the province flagging down the opulence associated with his funeral at the time.
