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The High Court in Pretoria dealt with a review of a default judgment that had ordered the MEC for Health, Gauteng Province to pay amounts said to relate to a deceased employee’s pension fund benefits. The court recorded that the first respondent had pursued the claim through negligence and that the applicants said the matter should have followed the Pension Funds Act and PAJA processes before the High Court was approached.
This may be relevant to pension fund benefit disputes and review proceedings involving the Pension Funds Act and PAJA.
Evidence from source
The applicants seek to review and set aside the order in terms of Rule 53 of the Uniform Rules of Court on the basis that the order was granted in breach of procedural safeguards, outside the Magistrate’s Court jurisdiction
Supports: The matter concerns a review of a default judgment and the grounds relied on by the applicants.
Section 30A of the PFA deals with submissions and complaints. It prescribes a mandatory internal remedy: a complainant must first lodge a written complaint with the fund and, if dissatisfied, escalate it to the Pension Funds Adjudicator
Supports: The judgment describes the Pension Funds Act process discussed in the case.
The order granted by the second respondent on 4 December 2024 against the first applicant is reviewed, set aside, and declared null and void.