HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you agree that the Pension Funds Adjudicator should decide who gets a deceased person’s pension?

A new law lets anyone challenge who a deceased person nominated as a pension beneficiary. The Pension Funds Adjudicator now has the final say – not the fund, and not the deceased’s stated wishes. This aims to protect vulnerable dependents who may have been left out. But it also means the person who paid into the fund no longer has full control over who receives it. Is that fair, or not? What do you think?

“No, I don’t agree! If it’s my money, it should be my choice. I wouldn’t pick a beneficiary lightly — so why should someone else overrule my decision? What’s the point of a will if we no longer have freedom of choice?”
**Ivodia Sebidiela, Rustenburg**

“I don’t think it’s unfair. Sometimes vulnerable dependents are left out, even if they relied on the deceased for support. They should have the right to approach the adjudicator to review the situation.”
**Aurelia Jansen van Vuuren, Rustenburg**

PUBLIC POLL: THE RESULTS ARE IN!
Do you agree that the Pension Funds Adjudicator should decide who gets a deceased person’s pension?
NO: 98% YES: 2%

HAVE YOUR SAY:
Do you agree that the Pension Funds Adjudicator should decide who gets a deceased person’s pension?

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