They are the following

• Former general assistants or casual workers whose waiting periods for a pension were not recognised under Phase 1 of the redress process. Admission to the following pension funds was subjected to a waiting period:
  1. Temporary Employees Pension Fund (2 or 5 years' waiting period) - Fund operative from 1 October 1979
  2. Temporary Employees Pension Fund (2 years' waiting period ) - Fund operative from 4 September 1992
  3. Black Authorities Superannuation Fund (2 or 5 years' waiting period ) - Fund operative from 24 January 1992
  4. Non-White Government Employees Pension Fund (5 years' waiting period ) - Fund operative from 1 April 1967


• Ciskei strikers whose waiting periods for a pension were not recognised under the phase to address the strike period of 1991-1993
• All other persons who had to complete a qualifying or waiting period for a pension before admission to a pension fund
• Female teachers and other female employees in the public service who lost pensionable service owing to a change in marital status and who were admitted to the Temporary Employees Pension Fund (TEPF) on re-employment
• Female teachers and other female employees in the public service who had to resign owing to accouchement (maternity) and who, upon return, were admitted to the TEPF
• All students who were denied membership of a government pension fund based on their status of employment, i.e. fixed-term contract
• RSA citizens employed in former TBVC states
• Kitskonstabels, in respect of the period served as temporary policemen before permanent appointment

They are the following:

• Gauteng Health - Natalspruit and Sebokeng; JG Strijdom (Helen Joseph) Hospital; Vereeniging (Kopanong) hospitals
• Dismissal in certain Free State hospitals
• Employees affected by the 1988 dismissals in the former Natal Provincial Administration
• Members of the South African Police dismissed in 1990
• Employees dismissed in the former Transvaal Provincial Administration between 1991 and 1993
• Other dismissals resulting from relevant strike action not indicated above during the period 1989 -1993, subject to verification by the PSCBC

They are the following:

• Employees admitted to temporary pension funds owing to their medical or physical status
• All former municipal police employees who were incorporated in the South African Police Service during 1989 and who still belong to municipal pension funds which have been administered by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) since 1 June 2003

• Application form
  1. The official GEPF application form is compulsory for all applications.
  2. For in-service members, only the official GEPF application form must be completed.
  3. For former members, the official GEPF application form and the Z894 form must be completed.
     1. Letter of appointment
     2. Certified copy of identity document
     3. IRP5/ITB3
     4. Salary advices
     5. Letter of reappointment (if applicable)
     6. Letter of dismissal (if applicable)
     7. Members, who have already left the service, must provide bank account details on the Z894 form.


• Note:
  1. In the absence of acceptable documentary proof as listed above, comprehensive affidavits may be submitted for consideration by the GEPF.
  2. The prescribed application form is obtainable from the WCED's Call and Walk-in Centre.

• Beneficiaries must complete the official GEPF application form, and the Z864 and Z894 forms (in the case of beneficiaries who have attained the age of maturity).
• The above forms must be accompanied by the following documents:
  1. Certified copy of the death certificate
  2. Certified copy of the identity document of the deceased
  3. Certified copy of the identity document of the applicant


• An estate account is compulsory in the case of members who died after leaving the service.
• The estate account must be accompanied by a letter of appointment from the court.