This is a list of some of the more notable cemeteries in South Africa
Name of the cemetery | Established | Town/City | Province | Remarks |
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Heroes' Acre | 1867 | Pretoria | Gauteng | Resting place of Paul Kruger, Andries Pretorius and Hendrik Verwoerd |
Clouston Field of Remembrance | Colenso | KwaZulu-Natal | Cemetery and memorial to those fallen during the Second Boer War | |
West Park Cemetery | Johannesburg | Gauteng | Resting place of Nkosi Johnson as well as several well-known ANC veterans | |
Maitland Cemetery | 1886 | Maitland | Western Cape | First burial occurred in 1886 |
Ambleside Military Cemetery | Estcourt | KwaZulu-Natal | A national heritage site | |
Avalon Cemetery | Soweto | Gauteng | ||
Wagon Hill Cemetery | Ladysmith | KwaZulu-Natal | A national heritage site | |
Caesar's Camp Cemetery | Ladysmith | KwaZulu-Natal | A national heritage site | |
Cremorne Cemetery | Pietermaritzburg | KwaZulu-Natal | ||
Bethulie Concentration Camp Cemetery | Bethulie | Free State | A national heritage site | |
Winburg Military Cemetery | Winburg | Free State | A national heritage site | |
Legacy Parks - Wiesenhof Remembrance Park | 2011 | Stellenbosch | Western Cape | An eco-friendly site |
The Preserve at Zilkaatsnek Wildlife Estate | 2016 | Hartbeespoort / Brits | North-West / Gauteng | A private memorial and truly natural burial cemetery |
Tana Baru Cemetery | 1804 | Bo-Kaap | Western Cape | Served the Malay Muslim labourer community |
The Preserve at Sampouri Estate | 2011 | Bela Bela | Limpopo | A private memorial and truly natural burial cemetery |
Fourways Memorial Park by Calgro m3 | Fourways | Gauteng | World-class Cemetery - open to the public | |
Nasrec Memorial Park by Calgro m3 | Soweto | Gauteng | World-class Cemetery - open to the public | |
Vanderbijlpark Cemetery | ||||
Evaton Cemetery | ||||
Phelandaba Cemetery | ||||
Vuka Cemetery | ||||
Nanescol Cemetery | ||||
Aberdeen Cemetery, | Eastern Cape | |||
North End Cemetery | Gqeberha | Eastern Cape | ||
South End Cemetery | 1882 | Gqeberha | Eastern Cape | |
Paapenkuils Cemetery | Gqeberha | Eastern Cape | ||
Forest Hill Cemetery | Gqeberha | Eastern Cape | ||
Malabar Cemetery | Gqeberha | Eastern Cape | ||