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Security company fails in bid to have PFA determinations set aside

25 March 2025

In a victory for long suffering members of the Private Security Sector Provident Fund, the Gauteng High Court dismissed four applications by a security company for the determinations issued by the Pension Funds Adjudicator against it to be set aside.

Fund ordered to hear full story before withholding benefit

28 February 2025

A provident fund that withheld payment of a withdrawal benefit on the basis that the member had defrauded the company has been ordered by the Pension Funds Adjudicator to request the complainant to place her version of events before it.

Provident Fund reported to Conduct Authority for undue delay

28 November 2024

The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator has reported the Private Security Sector Provident Fund to the Financial Services Conduct Authority for unwarranted delay before conducting investigations to make a death benefit distribution.

Two-pots could cause a spike in pension fund disputes

21 October 2024

If South Africa’s Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) could have one wish granted, it would be for pension funds and their members to make better use of internal dispute resolution processes. This shift from external to internal resolution would help to offset the forecast spike in pension fund disputes on the back of hiccups in the two-pot savings withdrawal process.

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