Funeral services

The funeral services unit deals with life and death. The services are provided under the Act of law under the Public Health Act CAP 295 and the Local Government Act CAP 281.

Main services include some of the following:

• Provision of burial space, which include the following standards

High Cost, Medium cost provided at Mitengo  cemetery
Low cost provided at Kantolomba cemetery

• Issuance of Burial permits for all deaths occurring in Ndola
• Record keeping of all burials conducted in Ndola
• Maintenance of cemeteries, landscaping, maintenance of roads and provision of securities
• Provision of hearse services to the general public

Procedure for obtaining a burial permit

Burial permits are only obtained with the following requirements

• The medical cause of death (medical form )
• Police report
• Authority for burial without post-mortem from the courts of law of
• Medical form
• A payment of a prescribed fee.

Procedure for conducting a burial in Ndola

A visit to any of our cemeteries with one of the following documents: -

• A burial permit, medical form 34 (in the case of still born)  or any other relevant document required for burial
• Depending on the preference the following are the charges for high cost, medium cost and low cost burial sites: