{"id":268821,"date":"2025-08-21T12:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/?p=268821"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:32:22","slug":"nieuwe-begraafplaas-geopen-in-paarl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/nieuwe-begraafplaas-geopen-in-paarl\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Nieuwe&#8217; begraafplaas geopen in Paarl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die nuwe begraafplaas van die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit het uiteindelik geopen.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faarieg Rhoda, Drakenstein se waarnemende direkteur van gemeenskapsdienste, het bevestig dat die eerste begrafnisse by die Nieuwedrift-begraafplaas in die Paarl reeds die eerste naweek van Augustus plaasgevind het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die munisipaliteit was genoodsaak om hierdie begraafplaas te ontwikkel nadat die Klein Parys-begraafplaas sy volle kapasiteit bereik het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Fase 1 van die nuwe begraafplaas maak voorsiening vir 678 grafte. 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