How It Works
*For people staying outside the UK
Fill in the Registration form and send it in with all the required documents.
1. Who Can Join
1.1a. Must be Zimbabwean citizens by birth or descent.
b. Be a person of good repute; willing to associate with others socially.
c. Be at least 16 years of age.
d. Must have completed a membership registration form and paid the registration fee. *Even if the member relocates to Zimbabwe as long as account is up to date.
e. Transfer clause from nominee to member: When a nominee becomes a member and assumes full
payment status, they can move with their qualifying period as their member parent. Their nominees, if haven’t
been on our database and are new. They are subject to governance of new nominee rules and regulations.
1.2.a Definition: Nominee
Nominees must qualify under the following terms:
b. Must be a Zimbabwean citizen by birth or descent
c. Must be a spouse of a member, living at the same address. A marriage certificate can be requested as
proof at the time of death if spouse is not Zimbabwean, each case will be treated on its merits in the event of
a marriage certificate being unavailable.
d. Must be named on a fully registered members registration form.
e. A nominee may only be named on one registration form. The onus is on members to ensure that
duplications do not occur.
2. Registration
2.1a Prospective members will complete a registration form including their current address, date of birth and
next of kin details (NB- NOK is not a nominee unless they are a registered nominee). Applications are to be
completed on the Associations Website for:
b. They will nominate up to four persons for whom they will receive contributions in the event of their death. All the people they nominate must also be living in the UK or Ireland.
These relatives can be nominated:
• Parents
• Siblings
• Spouse
• In-laws
• Offspring
c. Nominee addresses and date of birth will be required at the time of registration.
d. An equivalent of $20 non-refundable registration fee will be paid.
Members choose the plan that suits them (see plans and add-ons).
e. Members will be provided with a membership number for use on all correspondence and as a reference
on bank transactions.
f. Membership begins on the day the completed registration form and payment are received.
g. A deferred period of six months will be observed from the day of joining.
Thereafter payments will be as follows
• 0–6 months: £0
• 6–12 months: £3.500
• 12+ months: £6.500
• 18months – £10.000
• 24months- £15.000
h. Contributions will be paid on a monthly basis.
i. In the event of death, checks will be conducted to ensure validity of membership.
j. There is a renewal membership annual fee of $20 US dollars payable every 1st of January for membership
renewal
3. Amendments
3.1a A member may amend nominees on the registration form by sending an email to compliance
info@wafawanaka.org
b. Acceptable reasons for amendments include:
c. nominee becomes a member
d. nominee emigrates
e. family expansion
f. family reconstruction
g. Please alert the Association of change of address or contact details as soon as possible.
4.4.3 Any entrants/amendments will be subject to 3 months deferred period.
h. A member may replace a deceased nominee after 1 years.
4. Withdrawal
4.1a A member may withdraw from the society if they wish to do so.
b. Notice of withdrawal should be in writing, by email to info@wafawanaka.org or text message to any Admin member.
c. Should a member fail to meet the financial obligations set out in the constitution, their membership may be withdrawn by the Executive Board.
5. Suspensions and Terminations
5.1a Should a member fail to meet their financial obligations set out in the constitution, their membership maybe withdrawn or terminated by the Executive Committee.
b. Payments/ Contributions to be made on time.
c. Any member not paid after 7 days of funeral announcement, that member will be suspended and if no communication is established with member an email/text message will be sent to confirm suspension
d. If no response or payment is received after suspension, membership is automatically terminated without
further notice and member is removed from all communication platforms.
e. If member is terminated for non-payment, member cannot rejoin the association (either as a nominee) for 5years and will be subject to all conditions of a new member including interest charged at that current UK Bank interest rate.
f. If a member is in Hospital, Poorly or Cannot Work
● Any qualifying nominee can take over membership temporarily
● If member is the only adult on the form – the Association will not chase payments from such a member, but all funeral contributions and payouts will be made excluding the member from any payout calculations.
● If such member passes on and only children under the age of 16 are on the form the children’s guardian can take over membership. If new guardian is not willing to take over membership the nominees will terminated until one of the nominees takes over membership.
6. Contributions
6.1a An amount paid by registered members is herein known as a Contribution.
b. All members are required to pay their contributions on time otherwise let the Association know if you are facing problems..
c. Contributions are an Obligatory condition of membership, although spiritual, emotional and practical support are also encouraged.
d. Any late payment of contributions will need to be communicated to the Secretary who will inform the Executive Board of payment date.
e. If a member has a genuine reason for failing to pay, the Board should be duly notified and will assess the members circumstances.
f. Contributions shall be paid to the Society’s bank account with Tide bank, hereinafter known as the Bank. Account details will be given on registration.
g. Joining fee will be $20 usd – non-refundable.
i. The Membership Number must be used as a reference on every transaction (e.g., CM00001 Nzou) and in correspondence with the Association.