Free the monks

When my mother died in November 1983, we went to Zululand Hardware in Melmoth and asked for a coffin. They took us into the yard at the back of the shop, and there was a plain and simple pine one on a shelf under a corrugated iron roof. It was a bit mouldy from exposure to the wind and the rain, but quite serviceable. It cost R40.00. With inflation being what it is, I'd expect it to cost about R400.00 at today's prices. It had no handles, so we went into the shop and bought six handles which ...