Ayanda Mazwi, Senior Assistant Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance

Natural disaster? It’ll never happen to me. That’s a common perception among millions of South Africans – but with natural catastrophes on the rise across the world, you could be making a costly mistake if you don’t take steps to protect yourself and your property.     Hurricanes, fires and floods cost the world an estimated $150 billion in 2019. Closer to home, flash floods swept through parts of Pretoria in December, causing millions of Rands in damage. The month before that, tornadoes ravaged areas of KwaZulu-Natal, killing more than 20 people and causing substantial damage to property, and just this week flodds in KZN. 

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