If for example, you are disabled and end up in a wheelchair
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you may need to make changes to your home - to the bathroom, toilet, stairs and so on.
You may also need to adapt your car. You may need a prosthesis, post-operative care or rehabilitation.
The average disability claim paid out to South African's in 2003 was just R120 000.
That, invested at 10 percent a year, would provide you with just Rl,000.00/month as an income. And that is before you have taken into account what you may need to spend on lifestyle changes.
You also need to be sure that you will cope with the effects of inflation.
Will you cope! without DISABILITY INSURANCE