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PARLIAMENT: SPECIAL PENSIONS AMENDMENT BILL OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
- 25 May 2026
- Parliament
- SA Legal Academy
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance has published a notice calling for written submissions on the Special Pensions Amendment Bill. The deadline is 8 June 2026, with hearings scheduled for 10 June 2026.
Tabled in March 2026, according to a memorandum on the Bill’s objects it seeks to correct ‘misalignments’ identified during the 1996 Act’s implementation. This is noting that special pensions are:
- non-contributory benefits funded by National Treasury and administered by the Government Pensions Administration Agency, and
- paid only to deserving applicants whose efforts in establishing South Africa’s constitutional democracy entailed sacrificing opportunities to provide for themselves in retirement.
Further information can be found in a SA Legal Academy report published when the Bill was tabled.
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