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Appeal Court backs PFA: death benefit clock starts at fund’s awareness

01 June 2026

The Supreme Court of Appeal has affirmed the Pension Funds Adjudicator’s ruling that a retirement fund has 12 months from the date it becomes aware of a member’s death - not from the date of death itself - to trace dependants and pay out the death benefit.

Rules prevail: fund ordered to pay Two-Pot savings withdrawal benefit

25 May 2026

In a landmark reconsideration, Deputy Pension Funds Adjudicator Naheem Essop has directed the Municipal Employees Pension Fund to grant a complainant access to her two-pot savings withdrawal benefit.

Nine years of neglect: death benefit delayed, punitive interest imposed

11 May 2026

A pensioner’s plea has laid bare the rot in fund governance. Pension Funds Adjudicator Lebogang Mogashoa has gone hammer and tongs for a pension fund for its shocking failure of governance: a death benefit claim submitted in August 2017 has remained unresolved for nearly nine years.

Delay denied dependants their rightful benefits

06 May 2026

“The fund’s response paints an image of passiveness, reactivity and lethargy.” With these words, Pension Funds Adjudicator Lebogang Mogashoa lambasted a pension fund for its failure to act with urgency in finalising the payment of death benefits to beneficiaries.

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Summons loom for pension funds ignoring the Pension Funds Adjudicator

07 April 2026

Adjudicator orders repayment after benefit errors

30 March 2026

Pension fund’s delays force member into costly vehicle finance

05 March 2026

Pension fund must pay compensation for delay in resolving a complaint

10 February 2026

Pension fund’s conduct to be investigated following failure to respond

26 January 2026

Financial dependency is key in allocating a death benefit

22 January 2026

Your pension protected: Adjudicator ensures fairness

07 January 2026

Appointment of Mr Lebogang Paul Mogashoa as the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA)

05 November 2025

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