“At Least They’re Fully Dressed”: Women Dancing to Bacardi Music at Gauteng Funeral Divide Mzansi

• Women at a Gauteng funeral danced to Bacardi music beside the coffin while mourners cheered them on
• The video divided South Africa online, with some finding it disrespectful and others unbothered
• Comments ranged from laughter to concern about how younger generations send off the departed

A video of women dancing to Bacardi music at a funeral in what is believed to be Pretoria, Gauteng, has left Mzansi with very mixed feelings. The women danced beside the coffin while other mourners actively cheered them on.

The clip, which has been doing the rounds on social media since 21 June 2026, shows the women in full dress dancing energetically to the township-favourite genre. The exact location has not been confirmed, but the music strongly points to Pretoria.

Funerals in South Africa are traditionally solemn moments of grief and community support. What unfolded in this video, however, was anything but quiet.

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Mzansi not sure what to make of it

South Africans flooded the comments section with everything from laughter to frustration. Some people pointed out that the women were at least fully dressed, which softened their view of the moment. Others were far less forgiving about the whole thing.

One commenter wrote that the scene is very typical of Pretoria. Another admitted they did not mind it since the women were respectably dressed. A third simply questioned what had become of basic self-respect.

Some commenters took a heavier tone, saying children no longer grow up with grandmothers who teach them how to behave. The debate around respect, grief, and how South Africans celebrate life after death is clearly far from settled.

Watch the TikTok clip below:

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• A Ghanaian priest fainted and fell into an open grave during a burial service, landing directly on the coffin inside.
• Residents of Ramoadi Section in Sekgopo, Limpopo, were left shaken after a large python was found lying on the grave of the late Wilson Sontaga Sekopana.

Source: Briefly News