To live-stream a funeral on social media may seem a little bit strange looking from a setswana cultural perspective, but the idea could be a doable option during these era of extreme social distancing when people are restricted to pay their last respect to dead relatives. In fact families in oversea countries are already streaming funerals live on Facebook and Instagram to cater for those who could not attend the actual ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions. The pandemic has changed the way families mourn the loss of their loved ones, as according to lockdown regulations not more than 50 people are allowed to attend a funeral. To ensure continued safety of mourners funerals should also be brief and not last for more than 2 hours. As an advice from those who have already done it and seen how helpful it was, families who are going through bereavement could also turn to social media to allow for more people to attend their funeral proceedings online. In Botswana the Malikongwa family of Marapong Village last week defied the corona-virus pandemic when they pioneered virtual funerals in the country by streaming-live on Facebook the funeral proceedings of their late mother, Florence Vinga Malikongwa.…