The Funeral Parlours Association of Botswana (FPAB) on Tuesday entered into a strategic partnership with Botswana Sectors for Educators Trade Unions (BOSETU) to extend enhanced services to the union members. According to FPAB president Bushie Mosala, they are slowly making strides towards growing their business and providing professionally enhanced crafts for their customers. Mosala said in the past all the funeral parlours in the country were doing business independently without a members’ structure. He said having no recognised structure compromised the quality of service they offered. Mosala said FPAB, which was incorporated in 2013 has over 30 companies, with several branches across the country which gives them a nationwide representation. He said the association has partnerships in the SADC region and is also recognised internationally. According to Mosala, these international partnerships have helped them improve the services they offer. “Through our global alliance and exchange programmes, which include training, up-skilling we have introduced new crafts such as embalming,” he said, adding that they now have new body treatment methods that help keep the bodies preserved for long. He said in developed countries like America, refrigeration as a method of preserving the dead is no longer a core craft but rather…
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