THESE gentlemen take food to every meeting.
But it’s not for themselves. Members of Brotherhood Burial Society donate food to needy people in and around kwaTsaduza – the name for the communities of Kwathema, Tsakane and Duduza in Ekurhuleni.
Lucky Nkopane, chairman of Brotherhood, said they collect the food every month until they have enough saved.
“While we save money to bury our dead, we realised we needed to focus on those who are in need in our communities.”
Nkopane said each of Brotherhood’s 75 members contributes R300 at every monthly meeting – always held on the first Sunday– at different member’s places. It is a big social event where the members and their families can bond.
“We started with 25 members but soon enough, people joined in their numbers. They liked what we do as a society.”
He said in September they will start a campaign on prostate cancer awareness. They will invite doctors to talk to them and the extended community.
They want to follow up with a campaign on the cruelty suffered by people with albinism.
As members of a society, they do their best to treat each other with dignity.
“Society doesn’t take Father’s Day seriously and celebrate it as it should be.
“While many men abuse women and children, it is not all men who do this.”
The society wants to show kids and the community that men are good and that they must not be put in one category with those who do wrong.
“As a society we want to make an impact in the lives of many people who live with us.
“We don’t just want to talk about death whenever we gather somewhere. That is boring.”
