ABSA bank is robbing people!!

I opened an account with Absa Bank when I got a 2 month temporary contract job offer with a company, In order for them to pay me, I needed a bank account naturally. the contracted ended without promise of any work further which means I no longer had a job or an income. I went to the bank to close the account and they refused to close the account because the bank charges amount of R189 was outstanding. I have a small baby and at the time that amount was too much for me to afford to pay off with absolutely no income. Every time they called I told them I am unemployed, I will not have an income and the account is just going to accrue bank charges if they do not close it. They continued to tell me that they will not close the account as it was their policy, to charge someone bank charges for an account that's not being used. One year later I now received a notice of summons to pay an amount of R1493,80 which is just bank charges while being unemployed. I know this has happened to many other people, this is not fair and you are literally making money out of nothing and ruining our credit scores. I don't see how the law can allow this. I have been telling everyone I know not to open an account with ABSA and I hope and pray they listen. I will continue to make others aware on every social media platform of my experience and how ABSA bank is essentially robbing people of money they do not have. to date the account is still open. One year later!!!