TimesLIVE reports that a father in the Western Cape, who dodged paying child maintenance for years, has had more than R300,000 docked from his pension fund.  

On Thursday, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office said the father had ignored court orders that he should support his child so more than a quarter of a million had now been taken from his pension fund to cover years of outstanding child support payments and future maintenance costs.  Mkhwebane’s office said it had decided to step in after the mother complained that the Government Pension Administration Agency (GPAA) had failed to comply with maintenance court orders to pay the amount from the father’s pension fund held at the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF).  In June 2018, the mother of the child sought assistance from the Public Protector’s office.  Mkhwebane’s office said it contacted the GPAA, but struggled for months to get assistance.  “Five months down the line, GPAA paid the mother all that was due to her,” the office indicated.

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