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South African property developers buying land for wealthy corpses

They are buying land and selling real estate for the wealthier corpse.

South African property developers are buying land and selling real estate to cater for the wealthier corpse. This comes at a time where the country is facing a growing shortage of cemetery space.

And we hear from Ghana where three people have been arrested in the country’s parliament for attempting to protest against the proposed construction of a controversial parliamentary chamber.

Plus, one for the chocolate lovers - Oba Dokun Thompson, the Oloni of Eti-Oni in Osun State, Nigeria, tells us about his cocoa beans grown in Nigeria which are now sold in London, and his bid to improve the lives of the cocoa farmers, a majority of whom are women.

(Photo: Funeral in South Africa. Credit: Getty Images)

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Fri 5 Jul 201917:06GMT

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