Man loses late mother’s R152k death benefit after 12-year battle
A man's attempt to reclaim over R152,000 from his late mother's provident fund was thwarted by the Financial Services Tribunal after ruling his complaint was lodged too late.
A South African man has lost his attempt to recover over R152,000 in death benefits from his late mother's provident fund after a 12-year legal battle ended in failure. The Financial Services Tribunal dismissed Simon Khoza's application for reconsideration of a previous decision. Khoza's mother passed away in July 2007, with the family's former employer indicating she had Group Life Cover and a provident fund.
Khoza said assistance to obtain the benefit never materialized. The fund claimed the matter involved events from 2007 to 2012, and some payments had already been made to family members between 2007 and 2010. By 2012, the fund's provident fund value had grown to R152,356. Khoza's complaint to the adjudicator was filed in November 2025, more than a decade after the 2012 resolution.
The tribunal found the complaint was lodged outside the statutory time limit and therefore could not be investigated.
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