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Urgent action is required to address the constraints to South Africa’s power system and to reduce the usage of the diesel-fired turbines, the council said.
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An emergency budget needs bold decisions, including a bigger public sector

Choosing this path would create work for many while also building the infrastructure that the country needs

Pension fund adjudicator Muvhango Lukhaimane

The theme of the IRFA conference is ‘The Retirement Ecosystem: You Have The Power’

An ecosystem is a complex system of living organisms, their environment and all of their interrelationships in a particular unit of space

Fiona Reynolds

Institute of Retirement Funds Africa’s (IRFA) conference

Influences that affect the retirement fund ecosystem will be in the spotlight

Fiona Reynolds

Institute of Retirement Funds Africa’s (IRFA) conference

Influences that affect the retirement fund ecosystem will be in the spotlight

The pension fund industry will resist being forced to invest in state assets unless there are viable projects in which to do so. The Government Employees’ Pension Fund has already loaned Eskom which is building Medupi money before. (Madelene Cronjé)

Not on to use pensions to bail out state

The suggestion in the ANC’s election manifesto on prescribed assets has drawn fire

Kirshni Totaram, global head of institutional business at Coronation Fund Managers

The future must change for women

Women are paid less than men, so their pensions are smaller

Treasury might not accept all other items recommended as this could take a chunk — some R4-billion — out of possible revenue raised, calling for a tough balancing act. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Public servants cash out pension then return to work: report

The report also shows that between January and March, there were more appointments than terminations of service

Going for bust: Piet van Rensburg

Transnet pensioners’ R100bn payout a step closer

The legal battle has dragged on for years and more than 22 000 pensioners have died

The Council for Medical Schemes estimates that fraud, abuse or waste accounts for about 15% of the R160-billion in claims that medical aids pay out annually. (Gallo)

Pensioners are being denied their savings: Can the law be changed to set things right?

A case in the Johannesburg high court could pave the way for R28.7-billion to be freed up for pensioners left in limbo.

Short changed: Some public service pensioners could find themselves in the position of their Greek counterparts.

Letters to the editor: August 21 to 27 2015

Readers write in about Agent 407 Olivia Forsyth, and pension systems.

South Africa’s economy expanded by 0.8% during the second quarter of 2025, following a marginal increase of 0.1% during the first quarter.

State coffers have R456-million in unclaimed pensions

The Government Pensions Administration Agency is attempting to trace the beneficiaries of R456-million in pension money.

BBC journalists’ strike knocks flagship shows off air

Thousands of BBC journalists in United Kingdom walked out on Friday in a 48-hour strike over pensions.

Wheeling in the dead to claim pension

Three women allegedly strapped a dead man to a wheelchair to claim his pension money from the Post Office.

Australians’ pension funds ‘trashed’

Australia, long regarded as a model for global pensions reform, has some explaining to do after the markets meltdown, and not just to its own citizens

Treasury changes its mind on estate-duty exemption

In trying to encourage South Africans to save, the Treasury has realised that it has unintentionally opened a loophole in the country’s tax laws.

A better country for old men

The Act that qualifies men to apply for the state old-age grant from the age of 60 has been signed into law.