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By Gugulethu Petela
Sanlam
On the 20th of June, I visited the Eskom eMthubathuba CNC (office) with Sanlam officials in tow to conduct 2 Money Module sessions. We were met by what seemed like a hostile crowd at first but turned out to be some of the greatest people I have ever met. The first thing that came up as an interesting point of discussion was the cultural difference, my name- GUGUlethu is more common among women in KZN. Once all the joking and laughter was out of the way we got into the days activities. We covered MM1 ( My Budget-digging deeper) and MM4 (Managing debt- I owe, I owe, I owe) over 2 lovely sessions. One of the participants, an elderly man who is a few months away from retirement, commented that he wished he had received this type of training at the beginning of his work career because his life would have been much better off. He vowed to take the SMART and 50/30/20 rules back home with him to teach his grandkids, that is after having written them down on his phone and notebook. The participants were very grateful for the training at the end and even opted to fix their policy profiles with Sanlam. One participant who had had one of his wives as the main beneficiary for years even changed his mind and included his other wife too.