Old Mutual asks to meet family of KZN father after funeral payout delay

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Old Mutual asks to meet family of KZN father after funeral payout delay
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Banking and insurance group Old Mutual has asked to meet the Mtshali family after a video of them leaving the body of a family member at the company's offices in northern KwaZulu-Natal went viral.

Thandaza Mtshali holds a framed photograph of her late uncle Sifiso Mtshali who was buried on Sunday. Mtshali was not married and had 38 children, whose names and contact details he recorded in a black notebook.Banking and insurance group Old Mutual has asked to meet the Mtshali family after a video of them leaving the body of a family member at the company's offices in northern KwaZulu-Natal went viral.

Mtshali said she had taken out a funeral policy with the company for her uncle Sifiso Mtshali, who had fathered 38 children. Social development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza is expected to visit the family. Mtshali said she was unsure why the MEC wanted to meet her.

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