Elderly mother added to late son's R5.26 million death benefit despite widow's objections
An elderly and illiterate mother has been granted a share of her late son's R5.26 million death benefit despite her daughter-in-law's objections.
An elderly and illiterate woman, Marriema Appanna, has been granted a portion of her deceased son's R5.26 million death benefit by the Financial Services Tribunal. The tribunal overturned the Pension Funds Adjudicator's decision to reject her claim. Marriema, who was around 81 years old at the time of her son's death, was financially dependent on her son because of her age and illiteracy.
Her son had been managing her finances and paying her bills for many years. The tribunal rejected the widow's objections, stating that the evidence overwhelmingly proved Marriema's financial dependency on her son.
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