Government Employees Pension Law, 1996Schedule 1 : Rules of the Government Employees Pension Fund14. Benefits payable to members14.5 Benefits on the death of a member |
| 14.5.1 | If a member with less than 10 years of total pensionable service dies, a gratuity shall be paid to his or her beneficiaries, or to his or her estate if there is no beneficiary, equal to the greater of the sum of the vested, savings and retirement actuarial interest and his or her final salary. |
| 14.5.2 | If a member with at least 10 years of total pensionable service dies, the gratuity shall be paid to his or her beneficiaries or to his or her estate if there is no beneficiary, which is equal to the sum of the |
gratuity which would have been payable to him or her in terms of rules 14.2.1 (a) and (b)
and
five times the annuity which would have been payable to him or her in terms of rules 14.2.1 (c) and (d)
if he or she had retired for a reason referred to in rule 14.1.1 (a) on the day of his or her death, with the annuity being payable from the date of his/her death.
| 14.5.3 | If a member dies and the total of such a member's period of total pensionable service and his or her unexpired period of service is at least ten years, there shall be paid to the surviving spouse, if any, a spouse's pension which is equal to half of the annuity and the supplementary amount which the member would have received in terms of the provisions of rules 14.2.1(c) and 14.2.1 (d) if he or she had retired on the date of his or her death in terms of a reason mentioned in rule 14.3.1 (a): Provided that total pensionable service for this purpose also includes the member's unexpired period of service: Provided further that where there is more than one spouse, the spouse's pension will be divided equally among the spouses. |
| 14.5.4 | With effect from 1 June 2018, if a member dies and leaves an eligible child pensioner, a child’s pension shall become payable to such eligible child pensioner equal to the percentage of the annuity and the supplementary amount which the member would have received in terms of the provisions of rules 14.2.1(c) and 14.2.1 (d) .1if he or she had retired on the date of his or her death in terms of a reason mentioned in rule 14.3.1 (a): Provided that the total pensionable service for this purpose also includes the member's unexpired period of service. The percentage shall be as indicated in the table below, subject to a minimum child’s pension as determined by the Board, which minimum child’s pension may not be less than R200.00 per month. |
[Rule 14(14.5) substituted by section 19 of Notice No. 5191, GG51202, dated 10 September 2024]