DURBAN - The National Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa says it will not back down on its call to ban white and Indian-owned funeral homes from working in townships.

The association on Thursday picketed outside the Durban City Hall in KwaZulu-Natal.

It wants government to intervene to stop companies like Dove and Avbob from operating in black townships.

The association threatened to use violence against their competition if they failed to heed their call.

A meeting with the Dove will take place in Johannesburg on Friday.