Overwhelming response

I am astounded by the overwhelming response we received to last week’s message about the Provider trusts. Our readers showed once again that they care about their fellow man, and also that they are aware of the fact that the pension industry is leaving people in poverty.

Just to emphasise the problem again, last week, while I was waiting for the dentist, I came across an old Noseweek from 2008, and the following headlines about the pension industry immediately grabbed my attention:

“Investec’s multi-billion rand pension rip-off”

“Directors ‘assumed’ thousands of elderly were dead – so they could grab their cash”

“The banking group is confident it will succeed in making the pension fund case go away by throwing enough lawyers at the problem”

These kinds of problems are common these days, of course, and that’s why the response to the Provider trust has been so favourable and overwhelming!

We have already received various invitations to present it to groups and clubs. David de Jager of Polokwane was first, and offered us his 300-seat conference facilities for free. It looks to me like we’re going to kick off there with the first Provider mini-seminar. I’ve already started working on my presentation!

The positivity brought about by the good response is contagious, and Kobus Oberholser, Managing Director of Treoc Trust Services, told me that he would be prepared to drop the registration fee for his Provider trust from R3900 to R500, specially for the attendees of the Provider seminar. People, this is a huge gift, and I want to thank Kobus and his team from the bottom of my heart on behalf of all of us! By the way, no-one will be obliged to take a trust through Kobus, but if you would like to, it’s just become an opportunity that you can’t afford to miss.

As you know, last week I wrote that I would present the seminar for free if I could get the facilities for free. But I want to change that now. Wait, wait, before you accuse me of all kinds of horrible things, I’d like to make the following suggestion: I want to ask a charity organisation in Polokwane, as well as in all the other towns where we’re going to appear, to man the registration table for us on that day, to sell coffee and tea, and to collect an entrance donation of at least R50 per person at the door. Those who would like to can donate more, of course; this income will go 100% to the charity organisation. If we can get 300 people at R50 per person, that’s R15,000. And they’ll be able to earn something from the coffee sales as well.

Kobus and his team have also offered to take over the logistical arrangements for the Provider .........................

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