Question NW48 to the Minister of Finance
14 March 2016 - NW48
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether WO01 T J B Vorster (Force No 71317051PE), who retired from the SA National Defence Force on 29 April 2015, qualifies for a pension from the Government Employees Pension Fund; if not, (a) why not and (b) has he been informed accordingly; if so, (2) whether such a pension has been authorised to be paid to the specified person; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was it authorised, (b) when was the pension first paid to the specified person and (c) what are the detailed reasons for the delay in the payment of such a pension?
Reply:
According to the Government Employees Pension Fund:
- Mr Vorster did not retire within the fund but resigned.
- The pension application was successfully processed as per the choice that he had made, he received a resignation benefit. Due to the fact that some of the requested information is personal, it cannot be made available to third party without the written consent of the person involved.
Parliament should be aware that members of the GEPF should utilise the call centre or walk in centre facilities provided by the GEPF to its members to deal with general enquiries rather than approach it for such operational queries.