African & South African Funeral Programmes
Designs built for South African farewells — in your language.
A South African funeral or unveiling has its own shape, and its own languages. Ubuntu and our unveiling design are built for it — with heading sets in isiZulu, Sesotho, Xhosa, Setswana, Sepedi and Afrikaans, and an order of service that fits how the day actually runs.
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Unveiling Classic
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Where the theme comes from
This is not a symbol with a single origin but a design register: earth tones, the patterns and textures of the continent, and a layout built around how a South African funeral actually runs. The distinction matters — a programme is African here because of the order it carries and the languages it sets, not because of a border pattern added to a European template.
Beyond the booklet
What makes these designs work is structural rather than decorative: room for the izithakazelo beneath the name, a place for the programme director, the tribute sequence in its respected order, and headings in all seven languages the editor carries. The earth palette suits a homestead and a tent as naturally as a chapel.
Common questions
Which languages are supported?+
English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi — every heading on the programme switches to the language you choose.
Do you have a tombstone unveiling design?+
Yes — the Unveiling Classic design and our unveiling guide are built for the setting-of-the-stone ceremony.
What makes a design African rather than just decorated?+
The order it carries and the languages it sets. Space for the izithakazelo under the name, a named programme director, the tribute sequence in its respected order, and headings in all seven languages — none of which a decorated European template provides.
Can one design carry the vigil, the funeral and the unveiling?+
Yes, and families often do exactly that. Keeping one design across the Friday vigil sheet, the Saturday booklet and the unveiling a year later ties the three together at no extra effort — the order changes, the cover does not.