(1) Whether, with regard to the issuing of death certificates which has been refused by his department (details furnished), in particular in the Mhlontlo Local Municipality which is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, his department has put regulations in place to direct the generation and issuing of death certificates in particular in rural areas; (2) whether the role of burial undertakers with regard to the issuing of death certificates is a regulated arrangement; if so, (3) whether such arrangement has been made known to all the offices of his department across the country; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?