Rest with dignity — on the same land you called home.
Ebukhosini Memorial Gardens is a 1-hectare private cemetery inside the estate, designed around and honouring the ancestral graves already on this land. Residents and investors can secure a family plot today — because a royal estate looks after its people from the first day to the last.
The graves that were here first — kept where they belong.
The ancestral graves already on this land are not moved, hidden or paved over. They sit at the sacred heart of the memorial gardens, on a raised sandstone platform with dry-stone walling, indigenous aloes and shade from acacia trees.
- ◆Original grave positions preserved and re-consecrated with the family
- ◆Bronze plaque telling the story of the elders who rest here
- ◆Dedicated ceremonial gathering circle for family rituals
- ◆Access reserved for descendants and by appointment only
- ◆Consultation with traditional leaders throughout the design
A stone chapel for every faith — and every farewell.
A 120-seat sandstone chapel with a bell tower, stained-glass rose window in Ndebele geometric motifs and a covered arrival portico. Available to residents, plot holders and the wider Moretele community for funerals, memorials and unveilings — Christian, traditional, interfaith.
- ◆120 seats, air-conditioned, wheelchair-accessible
- ◆Adjoining vestry and family gathering room
- ◆Digital order-of-service screens and live-streaming
- ◆Wall of Remembrance for plaques and cremation niches
- ◆Managed booking system for plot holders
Secure a resting place before it is needed.
Pre-need reservations lock in today's pricing, protect your family from a rushed decision, and place you on the first-allocation list when the gardens open in Phase 2. A once-off perpetual-care fee is included in every plot.
Single Lawn Plot
- ◆2.4 m × 1.2 m manicured lawn plot
- ◆Granite headstone allowance included
- ◆Perpetual care by estate ground crew
- ◆Digital memorial page with QR link
Family Plot (4 spaces)
- ◆Enclosed sandstone-bordered family plot
- ◆Space for 4 burials or 8 cremation urns
- ◆Central family monument in Ndebele stone
- ◆Transferable family register in perpetuity
Cremation Niche
- ◆Bronze-plaqued niche in the Wall of Remembrance
- ◆Space for two urns per niche
- ◆Weather-sealed granite closure
- ◆Digital memorial page with QR link
Chapel Memorial Wall
- ◆Bronze engraved plaque inside the chapel
- ◆For loved ones interred elsewhere
- ◆Annual remembrance service included
- ◆Digital memorial page with QR link
Indicative pre-launch pricing, VAT inclusive. Final allocation and formal contracts are issued at Phase 2 hand-over. A 10% refundable holding deposit secures your place on the reservation register.
Four calm, dignified steps.
Express Interest
Complete the form below. Our memorial gardens registrar contacts you within one business day.
Private Consultation
In person on site or by video call. Walk the site plan, choose a plot type and location.
Secure with Deposit
10% refundable holding deposit. Your name enters the perpetual reservation register.
Formal Allocation
At Phase 2 hand-over you sign the perpetual burial-rights certificate for your family.
Add your family to the memorial gardens register.
Tell us which plot type interests you in the notes field. Our registrar will arrange a private consultation and walk you through the reservation contract. No payment is required at this stage.
Respectfully compliant — by law, by faith, by custom.
Ebukhosini Memorial Gardens is being developed as a licensed private cemetery in full accordance with South African law, municipal by-laws, traditional leadership protocols and the rites of every major faith practised in our community. Nothing on this page is a substitute for the formal burial-rights contract you will sign at allocation.
Regulatory framework
- ◆National Health Act, 2003 (Act 61 of 2003) and the Regulations Relating to the Management of Human Remains (R. 363 of 2013).
- ◆Moretele Local Municipality cemetery by-laws and land-use rights; Bojanala Platinum District environmental oversight.
- ◆Full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and geohydrological study under NEMA before first interment.
- ◆Department of Home Affairs registration of every burial and issuance of DHA-1663 documentation.
- ◆Zoning: private cemetery use inside a sectional-title estate, approved under SPLUMA, 2013.
- ◆Perpetual-care trust registered under the Trust Property Control Act, 1988, ring-fenced from estate operating funds.
Traditional & customary law
- ◆Ancestral graves already on the land are preserved in situ, re-consecrated with descendant families and the local traditional authority.
- ◆Design and site protocols developed in consultation with the Bakgatla-ba-Mocha and neighbouring Traditional Councils.
- ◆Space and facilities for ukubuyisa, umkhapho, go phasa badimo and other ancestral rites; slaughter area screened and permitted under municipal health rules.
- ◆Night vigils, family gatherings and grave-side services accommodated by prior booking.
- ◆No exhumation or relocation of any grave without the written consent of the family and a permit from the Premier's office.
Faith accommodation
The Memorial Gardens are inter-faith. Dedicated sections and rites are provided for every major faith community in Moretele:
Consumer protection & your contract
- ◆Pre-need reservations comply with the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 — including the statutory 5-business-day cooling-off period on any deposit paid.
- ◆A written, plain-language Burial Rights Certificate is issued at formal allocation, setting out plot location, term, care obligations and transfer rights.
- ◆Burial rights are perpetual, heritable and transferable to nominated family members at no additional cost.
- ◆Personal data captured on the reservation register is processed under POPIA, 2013.
- ◆Deposits are held in a separate trust account and are refundable in full during the cooling-off period; thereafter refundable less a small administration fee if you cancel before allocation.
- ◆Disputes may be escalated to the National Consumer Commission or the relevant Ombud — details provided on request.
Important disclosures. Ebukhosini Memorial Gardens is under development. All plot layouts, capacities, imagery and pricing on this page are indicative and subject to (i) the grant of the required municipal, provincial and environmental approvals, (ii) the completion of Phase 2 infrastructure works, and (iii) the terms of the formal Burial Rights Certificate signed at allocation. Nothing on this page constitutes a contract of sale, a guarantee of a specific plot location, or financial, legal or religious advice.
Complimentary family burial plot offer. The complimentary 4-person family burial plot (6 m² footprint, indicative value R30 000) is offered to every qualifying purchaser of an Ebukhosini Moretele stand, apartment, villa or house, subject to (a) transfer or full off-plan reservation of the qualifying property, (b) execution of the standard Burial Rights Certificate, (c) allocation of the Memorial Gardens on completion of Phase 2, and (d) compliance with the cemetery rules. The complimentary plot is one plot per qualifying property, non-transferable for cash, and does not include headstones, memorial masonry, funeral services or interment fees, which are quoted separately. The offer may be withdrawn or amended without notice for purchases concluded after such withdrawal.
Respect & non-discrimination. Ebukhosini Memorial Gardens welcomes every faith, culture and language group in South Africa. No family will be refused burial rights on the basis of religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability, gender or sexual orientation.