Rustenburg Crematorium

No, you may contact the crematorium directly and we will undertake all the funeral arrangements for a cremation, memorial or burial service for you!

The deceased is kept in our mortuary until the arrangements have been completed to comply with the legal requirements.

The cause of death must be certified by two independent medical practitioners and the medical referee, assigned by the crematorium, can only give consent that the cremation may take place after satisfying himself that :

The cause of death has been definitely ascertained.

The cremation is not contrary to the expressed wish of the deceased.

No foul play is suspected.

In the case of burial a medical referee is not required.

Yes, in the interest of the family and for reasons of hygiene and because of the design of cremators, it is essential that a coffin must be used.

Normal operating temperature is between 950° and 1050°C.

By prior arrangement family members may be present when the coffin is loaded into the cremator.

No each body is cremated separately.

It is the smoke of the burning coffin that collapses 5 to 10 minutes after being placed in the incinerator. Once the coffin has burnt away, no further smoke is visible.

Our cremator is designed to only take one body at a time and very stringent precautions are taken to ensure that no confusion arises. The cremations take place numerically and the relatives can rest assured that the correct ashes are handed over.

The ashes are given to the family or relevant undertaker to hand over to his client.

They are mechanically processed which reduces them to fine particals and placed in a marked container.

There are many possibilities, the choice being entirely upon the relatives. The most common methods are :

• Burying the ashes in a family grave.
• Placing it in an urn and then in a niche in the wall of remembrance.
• Scattering by the relatives at a place of their own choice.
• Plant a tree with the ashes under it.

• In the case of direct cremation, the deceased must be immediately removed back to the undertaker parlour until the documents are in order.
• In the case of a private cremation, the deceased will be kept in the crematorium's own mortuary until the legal requirements are met.

Approximately 60 minutes.

Yes, only coffins which are made of natural combustible material are accepted. Coffins that are made of cardboard or any other artificial material may damage the incinerator or may release toxic gases.

Definitely not! Memorial stone prices cause the cost of burial to be considerably higher than that of cremation. In addition the cost of providing and maintaining burial grounds phenomenal and has to be subsidised out of general rates.

No, cremation is very hygienic and only expedites the natural process of “ Ashes to ashes” and “dust to dust”.