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Matsiritsa B

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2024

12 May 2025, 12:34

Unpaid natural death funeral claim of my cousin

I'm so ****ed off with Capitec Bank as I submitted a funeral claim for my cousin on 24 April 2025up until now the claim hasn't been paid. It is worse they called my uncle the next day asking if He knew me and He confirmed that our fathers and my late cousin are brothers but after that no message nothing. A week went by I called and even went to the branch still no claim was paid. The branch manager also called the claim department all they could say the claim had escalated. We had to postpone the funeral due to the fact I had no money to contribute as a person who was supposed to buy food and a tombstone for the funeral. Again I called the Capitec call center numerous times asking about the claim I got an agent called Violet and she also did not understand what was happening as she could see I had been calling and going to the branch with no answer then she made an email to the claim department as I was still confused because there was still no message nothing still now they did not reply to that email instead they sent me a message a day after saying the claim is under assessment when I asked why is there a document outstanding that I did not submit the answer was no all they could say it is under assessment. Capitec should stop saying we should open the funeral cover and put in our family members because they are frustrating us more because when we claim it is another story whilst on the contract they are saying the claim will be paid after 24 to 48 hours. Now I'm left with debts because I had to go and make a loan for the funeral

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Capitec Bank
Capitec Bank's reply12 May 2025, 12:35
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Good day Matsiritsa, Thank you for letting us know of your concern and for your patience while we explore this matter. We have assigned your query to a designated official, who will contact you within the next business day. Kind regards Capitec
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Matsiritsa B's update16 May 2025, 12:43
Reviewer Update
I do not understand Capitec how they expect us to bury our families. It will be better if they tell us to cancel the policies we have with them because they do not care about us as clients. I put in a claim on 24 April today it's the 16 of May they are saying they still have to validate with other family members. Mind you my sister put in a claim the next day after me and she was paid the same day by the same Capitec why do I have to wait this long I asked the official (Zenobia Ngoma ) today on the call what they are doing when they are doing these validations is it a call or they are coming to our homes still will that take these weeks where do they think where would be the deceased at these weeks and how much will it cost for us as the family to wait this long for just a validation she couldn't answer me. If I didn't borrow money so that we could do the burial how do they think we were going to spend in the mortuary Already we were going through the loss of my cousin and now we have to be frustrated by Capitec officials who don't care about us as clients. I'm so angry with Capitec service on the claim department
MB
Matsiritsa B's update23 May 2025, 10:02
Reviewer Update
Capitec official (Zenophia Ngoma) was going to contact me in the next business day its a month now still they have not paid my funeral claim. All they are saying the assessment is taking longer than they are expected. I do not understand this investigation of Capitec