GEPF Chairperson Refutes Holomisa Allegations

Pretoria, Thursday 18 June 2020 The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and its Chairperson, Dr Renosi Mokate, notes with deep concern the false allegations by General Bantu Holomisa to President Ramaphosa stating that Dr Mokate is allegedly part of a group of individuals that have looted state resources by having easy access to PIC and […]

GEPF congratulates Abel Sithole on his appointment

28 May 2020 The Government Employees Pension Fund welcomes the appointment of Mr Abel Sithole as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). The GEPF chairperson, Dr Renosi Mokate, on behalf of the GEPF Board of Trustees and its employees congratulates Mr Sithole on his appointment and wishes him well at […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Message

26 March 2020 Dear GEPF Member As a result of the national lockdown announced by President Ramaphosa on the 23 March 2020 all GEPF offices will be closed from the 26 March 2020. We expect to reopen offices on the 17 April 2020 subject to no further lockdowns. The GEPF’s priority in this regard is […]

Statement by president cyril ramaphosa on measures to combat covid-19 epidemic

15 MARCH 2020 Fellow South Africans,I am addressing you this evening on a matter of great national importance.The world is facing a medical emergency far graver than what we haveexperi-enced in over a century. The World Health Organisation has declared the coronavirus outbreak as aglobal pandemic. There are now more than 162 000 people who […]

GEPF pensioners will receive a 3.6% annual pension increase as of 1 April 2020

Date: 02 March 2020 Pretoria – Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) announced today that an annual pension increase of 3.6% to its pensioners will effect from 1 April 2020. Pensioners who retired on or before 1 April 2019 are to be increased with a total increase equal to 100% CPI which is 3.6% over the […]

Government Employees Pension Fund on Eskom Proposal

7 February 2020, Pretoria – The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), has noted the recent media reports including government support as well as public discourse on the statement issued by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) titled, “Key Eskom and Economic Intervention Proposals”. In the statement, COSATU proposes, “a debt package to reduce […]