Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995 (Act No. 34 of 1995)

Regulations

Regulations on Exhumation, Reburial or Symbolic Burial of Deceased Victims

3. Forms of assistance

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(1)

(a)A relative of a missing person may request the assistance as provided for in subregulation (2)(a) and (b).
(b)A relative of a deceased victim may request the assistance as provided for in subregulation (2)(c), (d), (e) and (f).

[Subregulation (1)(b) substituted by regulation 3(a) of Notice No. R. 1305 of 2016]

 

(2)The assistance provided for in subregulation (1) may—
(a)be in the form of the allowances provided for in regulations 4 and 5 as a contribution towards the travel and subsistence expenses to be  incurred in connection with the attendance of the exhumation procedures relating to a missing person;
(b)be in the form of legal or financial assistance for the purpose of an application to the High Court for an order presuming the death of a missing person as provided for in regulation 6;
(c)be a once-off grant of—
(i)R17 000,00 for each reburial as a contribution towards the expenses incurred in connection with the reburial of a deceased victim; or
(ii)R8 500,00 for each symbolic burial as a contribution towards the expenses to be incurred in connection with the symbolic burial of a deceased victim.
(d)be in the form of the allowances as provided for in regulations 4A and 5A as a contribution towards the travel and subsistence expenses to be incurred in connection with the attendance of a cleansing ceremony in respect of a deceased victim;
(e)be in the form of a payment of an amount as provided for in regulation 5E to purchase an animal to be slaughtered for the purposes of a cleansing ceremony in respect of a deceased victim; and
(f)be in the form of the allowances as provided for in regulations 4B and 5B as a contribution towards the travel and subsistence expenses to be incurred in connection with the attendance of a hand-over ceremony.

[Subregulation (2) substituted by regulation 3(b) of Notice No. R. 1305 of 2016]

 

(3)A relative of a deceased victim who has—
(a)reburied a deceased victim prior to the commencement of the Regulations; and
(b)not received the assistance provided for in subregulation (2)(c)(i),

may request the assistance provided for in subregulation (2)(c)(i).