Durban - Most have downscaled by excluding the slaughter of cows, caskets, catering, tents and fancy cars from their lists.Prior to the country’s lockdown, ordinary families spent amounts ranging between R80 000 to R150 000 depending on their choice of funeral cover and additional expenses.
He said the family spent less than R3000 for the funeral and were grateful for having saved much needed cash. Ndaba said most of the family’s spending went towards paying for the burial site and the rest was for feeding the few neighbours who trickled in before the funeral.“We had minimal expenses and most of our distant relatives could not attend,” Ndaba said.Another family that recently buried their loved one said the usual week long preparations for funerals were not necessary.
“The business has not been hard hit by the pandemic because we are still doing on average 150 funerals per week. However, what has been most difficult has been reducing numbers of our subcontractors that we use for additional capacity,” he said. Marius du Plessis, AVBOB’s Group communication manager, said when comparing options chosen by different racial groups, black South African clients had the most expensive funeral covers but the needs of each family varied.
SundayTribuneSA This is perfect, people save and funeral schemes still need to pay
SundayTribuneSA Amen.
SundayTribuneSA And this can be done post lockdown
SundayTribuneSA Nothing to save is our culture
SundayTribuneSA Good. All these flamboyant funerals are done to impress people anyway. Hopefully it stays that way forever. The money could be better used elsewhere
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