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Pensioner Calendar 2025

09 December 2024

We understand the importance of staying informed on the payment of your pension. We are pleased to present to you the 2025 pensioner calendar.

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Introducing the EPPF Investment Management Portal: A Gateway to Seamless Proposal Submission

29 November 2024

EPPF is proud to announce the launch of our new Investment Management Portal—a streamlined tool designed to capture, analyse, and manage investment proposals with precision and efficiency. 

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Information about your 2025 pension increase

13 November 2024

Dear pensioner 

 

Our commitment to caring for you means that we work hard every year to deliver on our pension promise. We are pleased to let you know that an annual pension increase and discretionary bonus have been approved by EPPF’s Board.

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How we’re leading industry in creating a sustainable future

18 September 2024

As EPPF embraces its 74th anniversary, we’re reinforcing our commitment to caring for you, your families and society at large. Your wellbeing and securing your future are central to everything we do. As a thought leader in industry, we’re also dedicated to ensuring meaningful and impactful change. 

 

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NTCSA joins EPPF’s participating employers

26 July 2024

The NTCSA is now a participating employer in the Fund.

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EPPF’s Two-Pot Talk: May 2024

03 May 2024

An important update on the Two-Pot retirement system. 

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we need your beneficiary info in case you pass away while in-service

23 May 2024

Dear In-Service Member

We care for you as a member of EPPF. That care extends especially to your loved ones in the event of your death. That’s why it’s important that you let us know your beneficiary information.

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EPPF’s Two-Pot Talk: FAQ Edition

20 March 2024

Helping EPPF members understand the Two-Pot retirement system

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Update on Brian Molefe’s appeal effort

19 March 2024

We have an update for you on the matter of Mr Brian Molefe’s court appeal. His application for leave to appeal an earlier court ruling will be heard by a full bench of the Pretoria High Court early next year. 

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EPPF’s response on the topic of prescribed assets

13 March 2024

EPPF notes recent media reports on the issue of prescribed assets. In its election manifesto, the governing party states that it will “engage and direct financial institutions to invest a portion of their funds in industrialisation, infrastructure development and the economy, through prescribed assets.” It’s important to note that this proposal does not reflect the position of Government as yet, and has not gone through the necessary legislative processes.

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Pension Increase and Bonus 2023

13 November 2023

We are pleased to announce the pension increase and discretionary bonus as approved by the EPPF Board.

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EPPF’s Two-Pot Talk

19 October 2023

The country is about four months away from the expected implementation of the two-pot retirement system. There is a lot of speculation in the media about how the system will work. Based on your enquiries to EPPF, we’ve put together some information to help you understand.

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How EPPF Members Are Helping Job Sustainability

09 May 2022

The EPPF believes that social and economic stability is a key dependency for pension funds to function optimally and be able to pay benefits to members. Key to this is job creation which is a catalyst for economic growth.

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EPPF Investment Performance Update (Q3, 2022)

14 November 2022

FUND PERFORMANCE TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2022

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Bonus and Pension Increase Announcement 2018

27 November 2018

Each year the Board of Trustees (“the Board”) of the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (“the EPPF” or “the Fund”) determines an annual pension increase, in accordance with the Fund’s pension increase policy.

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EPPF’s Two-Pot Talk

29 April 2024

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Rule Amendment 1

13 September 2022

Dear Member

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has registered Rule Amendment 1, which is a change to the consolidated rules that apply to the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF).

 

Rule Amendment 1 has implications for two categories of the EPPF’s members:

  • Deferred members
  • In-service members

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Former Eskom GCEO pension pay-out update

23 December 2021

Dear Members and Pensioners

In recent months, the matter of the former Eskom GCEO pension pay-out has been garnering extensive media coverage.

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Member regulatory update: Release of the Two Retirement Reform Discussion

15 December 2021

Dear Member,

In this bulletin, we provide an update on the long-awaited discussion paper on retirement reform containing the much talked about “Two pot” retirement system which was published by National Treasury on 14 December 2021. In summary the discussion paper is about the Treasury’s proposals for a two-pot retirement system to cater for preservation and access to retirement funds in cases of financial need.

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Member Regulatory Update: Regulation 28 Amendments

15 December 2021

Dear Member,

In this bulletin, we share an update regarding previous announcements around the proposed Regulation 28 changes which is currently being reported in the media.
Speaking at his State of the Nation debate in parliament recently, Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo mentioned that National Treasury is targeting to gazette the Regulation 28 amendments before the end of February 2022. 

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Withdrawal of retirement savings by active members

21 July 2021

Dear Member,

The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (“EPPF” or “the Fund”) is aware of media reports published where the Finance Minister, 

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Member Regulatory Update

22 April 2021

Dear Member,

In this bulletin, we share some changes and draft regulatory changes that may be of interest to you.

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EPPF and Global ASP Matter

18 April 2021

Global ASP is the current systems provider to EPPF, providing the core administration, data and accounting systems to EPPF (Pension Administration System) under an 8-year contract which expires on 30 April 2020.

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EPPF Member/Pensioner Update - Message from the Chairman

10 February 2021

Dear Members and Pensioners

The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund ("EPPF" or "the Fund") is a self-administered defined benefit pension fund that has approximately 80,000 members (active members and pensioners).

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Media report on EPPF administration

10 January 2021

Dear Members and Pensioners,

We hope you enjoyed the festive season and wish you a prosperous 2020.

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EPPF hosts PEWIN Breakfast Roundtable

04 October 2019

The Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN) breakfast roundtable took place on Thursday, 3 October 2019 at the EPPF Head Office in Bryanston. PEWIN is the pre-eminent organization for senior women leaders in private equity.

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Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on former Eskom GCEO pension pay-out case

07 May 2019

The matter of the pension pay-out of the former Eskom GCEO, Mr Brian Molefe, has been ongoing since early 2017 when the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (“EPPF” or “the Fund”) was cited as the respondent in a matter brought by Solidarity against Eskom.

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THE POSITION OF THE FUND ON PRESCRIBED ASSETS

27 March 2019

In its election manifesto, the governing party outlined a plan to “investigate the introduction of prescribed assets on financial institutions’ funds to mobilise funds within a regulatory framework for socially productive investments (including housing, infrastructure for social and economic development and township and village economy) and job creation while considering the risk profiles of the affected entities”.

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