{"id":127,"date":"2026-07-06T05:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:54:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/?page_id=127","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-172\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-110-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-172 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default-base\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_172\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_172\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-173 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-07-06 14:38:17\" data-filename=\"1000162839.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162839.jpg\" class=\"slider-172 slide-173 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"1000162839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162839.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162839-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162839-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162839-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-176 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-07-06 14:38:55\" data-filename=\"IMG-20260705-WA0086.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0086.jpg\" class=\"slider-172 slide-176 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"IMG-20260705-WA0086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0086.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0086-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0086-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0086-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fffdea;grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162455-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162455-removebg-preview.png 530w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162455-removebg-preview-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:36px;line-height:1.2\"><strong>AFPO STRUCTURE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"> \u25cf TheNational Executive Committee <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u25cf TheProvincial Executive Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"> \u25cf TheRegional Executive Committee<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The African Funeral Practitioners Organisation (AFPO). Its <mark>official platform for Funeral parlour networking, member registration, and Funeral industry representation in South Africa<\/mark>. This site enables funeral directors to join the organization and access professional resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163094-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163094-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163094-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163094-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163094.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163092-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163092-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163092-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163092-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000163092.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" data-id=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162498-1024x543.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162498-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162498-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162498-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afpo.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000162498.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Funeral Practitioners Organisation (AFPO). Its official platform for Funeral parlour networking, member registration, and Funeral industry representation in South Africa. 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