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News24 reports that a claim that the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) has increased the retirement age for public sector workers to 67 from 1 August 2025 is false.
On its website and social media channels, the GEPF stated: “The retirement age of government employees who are part of the GEPF has not changed. The normal retirement age is a condition of service specified by your employer. Where such is not specified by an employer, the GEPF makes provision for a normal retirement age of 60.” The false claim follows the same pattern as a hoax in May when a fake news website alleged that a universal retirement age of 65 was being introduced.
In response to that earlier rumour, National Treasury confirmed SA had no standard retirement age set by the government. In both public and private sectors, retirement age is determined by employment contracts or the rules of the relevant pension fund. Treasury confirmed that the GEPF’s own rules still allowed public servants to retire from 60. The law supports this. In the public service, the Public Service Act of 1994 sets the normal retirement age at 60, with early retirement permitted from 55. In the private sector, the Labour Relations Act states that an age-based dismissal is only fair if the “normal or agreed” retirement age has been reached.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Andrew Thompson at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
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