Tombstones
cut and engraved
in Lusikisiki
Granite memorials · Eastern Cape
Exhale Memorials designs and crafts tombstones, plaques, grave restorations and memorial books for families across Lusikisiki, Port St Johns and Flagstaff.
Honouring lives.
Cherishing memories.
A stone must outlast the grief. Ours is cut to stand quietly for generations.
Our range
Memorials crafted to
honour every story.
Every piece is made to order in granite, finished by hand. Pricing below is an indicative starting range. WhatsApp us for a quote tailored to your family's wishes.
Headstones
Tombstones
Classic upright, curved-top and flat-slab designs in granite.
From R 3,900
Enquire →Bronze & Granite
Plaques
Wall or ground-mounted memorial plaques with custom engraving.
From R 1,200 engraved
Enquire →Restoration
Grave Restorations
Stone restoration, paving and grave fencing. Refresh and protect an existing grave.
Free on-site quote
Enquire →Keepsakes
Memorial Books
A beautifully designed hardcover book to remember a loved one's life.
From R 650 per book
Enquire →Digital memorial
memory.Path
A page for your loved one, reached by a QR code on the stone — the announcement and the funeral programme before the day, their memorial after.
One year included with a stone · tag R365 for two more years
See how it works →Pricing shown is an indicative starting range, correct as at time of publishing. WhatsApp us for a quote specific to your family's wishes.
Our promise
What we will put
in writing.
Four things every family gets from us, on paper, before any work starts.
20-year warranty
Every stone we install is guaranteed for 20 years against cracking, and against the foundation shifting where we built it. It does not cover vandalism, theft or accidents.
The quote is the price
Stone, engraving, installation and transport priced item by item. 50% to start, the balance on installation. We are not VAT registered, so no VAT is added.
Three days, when the stone is in stock
Deposit and approved proof on Monday, standing by Thursday. A custom design gets its own date in writing — we never give a date we have not checked.
We come back
If a stone we installed settles or shifts, tell us and we re-level it.
Design
collection
Concept renders · every design personalised
Concept renders by Exhale Memorials. Every design is personalised.
EX-01
Standard
upright.
Upright headstones on matching bases, cut from polished granite and engraved by sandblasting in our Lusikisiki workshop. Our standard template is the starting point.
Specifications
Granite options
Rustenburg Black, polished, in the yard now — the granite our three-day stones are cut from. Mystic Grey Satin, Shivakashi Light and Zimbabwe Black are ordered in for custom commissions, with their own timeline on the quote.
6 reasons
families
choose us
14 Jacaranda Avenue, Lusikisiki
Made locally
Our Lusikisiki workshop means shorter waiting times and no paying for distance.
See before you choose
Visit our showroom and show garden to see granite colours and finishes in person.
Quality granite
Polished granite from Crankshaw Marble & Granite, Queenstown.
Made in-house
Designed, engraved and finished by our own team in our own booth.
Easy to reach
WhatsApp, website and showroom, in isiXhosa and English.
One team, start to finish
Clear quotes, a 50% deposit to start, and installation at the grave site.
Custom
commissions
Drawn, priced and signed off before we build
Designed in full, before we build
For memorials that go beyond a standard headstone, we design the whole piece with your family first. You see exactly what will be built, how it is anchored and what it costs before any work starts.
Design example
Companion memorial
for a husband and wife.
Two matching civic-style monoliths, one for each partner, standing side by side. Both come from one mould so they match to the millimetre; only the words on the tablets change. Tap a drawing to open it full size.
EX-R1 · Grave revamp
Floating
slab revamp.
What is included
Every revamp is designed for its site, with drawings and a priced bill of materials before work begins.
Visit us
A calm space to plan
something meaningful.
Walk through the show garden and put your hand on the granite before you choose. We talk through wording, size and the unveiling date, in isiXhosa or English, and you leave with a written quote, not a deposit demand.
- Design consultations by appointment or walk-in
- Granite samples and finish options on display
- Guidance on timing around family customs and unveilings
How it works
From first conversation
to final unveiling.
Four steps, and you know the price and the date before the second one ends.
1
Consultation
Message us on WhatsApp or visit the showroom to discuss design, material and budget.
2
Design & quote
We confirm wording, layout and finish, and send a written quote: every item priced, 50% to start.
3
Cut and engraved
Your stone is cut, sandblasted and finished by hand in our Lusikisiki booth.
4
Delivery & unveiling
We install at the grave, timed around your unveiling. Transport is R350 within 50 km of the workshop.
Questions families ask
About memory.Path,
answered plainly.
The questions we are asked most about the page that goes with the stone. Anything not here, ask us on WhatsApp and we will tell you straight.
Do we need a smartphone and data to use it?
The page opens in any phone's browser — there is nothing to install. It is built light, so it loads at the graveside on one bar of signal. One person in the family needs a phone with internet to post updates; if nobody does, send us what should go on the page and we put it up.
Nobody in our family is good with phones. Can you do it for us?
Yes. Send us the paper programme and the photographs on WhatsApp and we type them in for you. Your four-digit PIN stays with the family for whenever you are ready to add something yourselves.
The stone is old and Exhale did not make it. Can we still get a page?
Yes. A tag at R365 brings a page to any grave, including a stone we did not make, and it carries two years of everything.
How does the QR code get onto the stone, and can it come off?
On a stone we install, we fit the tag ourselves. If the tag is posted to you, it comes with instructions and is simple to fit. The tag is guaranteed for at least 10 years — eight years longer than the two years it carries.
What happens to the page if Exhale closes one day?
The page stays on the servers. We take a page down permanently only when the family asks us to.
Who can see the page? Is it open to strangers?
Anyone who scans the code or has the link can read the page and light a candle. Three things are never open: a home address is never shown, and visitors are told the family will share directions; a venue you mark private is kept off the public page; and words from people outside the family wait for your approval. Finer control over what else stays private is being built.
Can we stop someone writing something we do not want on it?
Yes. Words from outside the family wait for you to approve them before anyone else sees them, and you can take anything off the page at any time.
How long after we pay until the page is ready?
The page opens as soon as your payment reaches us. The tag follows the delivery you choose and the courier's schedule.
Can one page hold two people — husband and wife on one stone?
One page holds one person. Her page names the family she is survived by, and the links between their pages are being built, so that one day a family can be followed from one page to the next.
What exactly does the R365 renew, and can we pay for longer at once?
R365 covers two more years of everything. After that the page stays exactly as it is and visitors can still light candles — only adding new things pauses until the family renews with another tag. An extra tag is made to order, so it takes a little longer than one we have on hand; the date comes with your quote.
Request a quote
Tell us what you need —
we'll take it from there.
Tell us what you need and Motlatsi replies himself, in isiXhosa or English, usually the same day.
Prefer to chat directly? Message us on WhatsApp instead.
Let's
talk.
Reach out on WhatsApp for the fastest response, or visit us in Lusikisiki. We reply personally to every enquiry, in isiXhosa or English.
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