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SADTU Statement, 31 July 2014
Government Pension Fund
SADTU assures members their pensions are safe with GEPF
The South African Democratic Teachers' Union is calling on public servants
and teachers not to resign following an un-founded rumour that is urging
members to resign as the Government Employee Pension Fund was on a move to
unilaterally change the benefits of members to such an extent that members
may lose some benefits and money.
According to SADTU Secretariat, they approached GEPF on the rumour and this
was their response. "There is a pension reform in the pipeline that will
limit the amount members of private sector provident funds may withdraw from
a fund on exit. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THE GEPF, AS THE GEPF LAW WILL NOT
CHANGE AT THIS STAGE. The change will affect all funds administered in terms
of the Pension Funds Act."
The above clarification should serve to comfort all public servants and
teachers in particular as it dispels the rumour being spread. SADTU
therefore would like to discourage any public servant and teachers in
particular from resigning as your benefits are guaranteed. Resigning will in
fact lead to one losing out on some benefits.
The secretariat was further assured that no change to the rules of the fund
will be effected without consulting members to the fund.
With the current economic crises and scarcity of jobs, the Secretariat is
calling on public servants and teachers in particular to apply their minds
and avoid joining the pool of the unemployed through resignations.
SADTU has called on the GEPF and employer (DPSA and DBE) to engage on a
vigorous information sharing campaign to correct this rumour as it has the
risk of bleeding the state dry of key skills needed in our developmental
trajectory.
This is a national crises that all of us need to attend to as a matter of
urgency.
Issued by: SADTU Secretariat
Contact:
General Secretary, Mugwena Maluleke, 082 783 2968
Deputy General Secretary, Nkosana Dolopi, 082 709 5651
Media Officer, Nomusa Cembi, 082 719 5157
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