Old Mutual's R4bn funeral cover for healthcare workers a PR stunt - EFF

According to the EFF 90% of the cover – which kicked in at the beginning of April and ends in December - would not have been used when it expires in eight months.

The party’s spokesperson Delisile Ngwenya said if Old Mutual was concerned about the well-being of the healthcare workers they would put the R4bn towards measures to prevent their deaths or towards increasing their salaries. “We must reject the idea of waiting for people to die before helping them,” Ngwenya said in a statement on Monday.“We should not wait for healthcare workers to die before showing our appreciation for the self-sacrifices they demonstrate to fight the deadly virus. All contributions should aim to prevent them from death itself or show our appreciation to them whilst they are alive.”

This comes after the financial services provider last week announced they were making available a R4bn cover for over 430,000 registered healthcare workers who are at the frontline in the fight against the global pandemic Covid-19 at no cost to them. Healthcare workers are at a higher risk of contracting the virus and the health department has reported that a number of them have already been infected.Ngwenya said the EFF was unimpressed with the pledge as there has been no evidence of high mortality rate of healthcare workers anywhere in the world.

kgmadisa Everybody likes using the Big Numbers, If you said each health worker gets R10,000 life cover it doesn't sound quite as impressive

kgmadisa Talk of scatter roses after l am gone Rather get me to enjoy the fruits than wait after l am dead EFF has a point here

kgmadisa I hope none of the Funeral Cover will get used. Lets call me an optimist.

kgmadisa This is just a PR excersize on the part of Old Mutual. If the want to help they invest in the health and lives of health care professionals not their deaths

kgmadisa I concur fully

kgmadisa Eff have become a shadow pseudo sheriff of RSA and now also attempting to engulf Africa with their polluted activities. It is very clear that they wish they could be near the solidarity fund so that they could embezzle all the funs. They have magnetic paws

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