Today with Kieno Kammies

Guest: Nana Boakye-Yiadom Deputy Director of News Programming at CitiFM in Accra, Ghana

Guest: Dr Sara Pienaar Former national director at the SA Institute for International Affairs, expert on Russia

Guest: Shivani Wahab Senior Manager-Communications & Marketing SASSA

Guest: Michael Mumo Editorial Director at Capital FM in Nairobi

Guest: Dr Renate Schoeman Cape Town-based psychiatrist

Guest: EWN reporter Masa Kekana

Guest: Nic Borain Political and investment analyst at BNP Paribas SA

Guest: Lebohang Khitsane CEO Bataung Memorials and Tombstones

Quite a number of people have taken to social media to comment on the tombstone that was erected for the late Joe Mafela, who died recently in a car crash.

It features a flatscreen tv, a tv unit, coffee table and a sofa…

Comments ranged from being amused to those saying that the family were being over-the-top.

But why should we be expecting tombstones to be “traditional” - what we have come to expect them to be? Praying angels and doves being set free?

If you’ve ever walked through Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France, you will see a mix of tombstones from the simple one for Jim Morrison, to the art deco style monument for Oscar Wilde, covered in lipstick until not too long ago.

We thought it would be interesting to find out if we have moved on from the plain and sedate to the dynamic and celebratory that we are seeing more of… especially as modern machinery allows for the creation of custom tombstones.

The company that made  Joe Mafela’s tombstone is Bataung Memorials and Tombstones, and we’re joined by their CEO Lebohang Khitsane...

Guest: JJ Cornish EWN Africa correspondent

Guest: Paseka Letsatsi National Spokesperson SASSA