Updated November 2020
Link to FAIS database has been updated.
Many of South Africa’s pension fund Administrators hold large sums of money (In excess of R20 Billion) in preservation funds from members who have not claimed their benefits and according to the act these unclaimed benefits mustl be distributed to the member or his beneficiaries.
Each fund administrator has a different process to determine who has any unclaimed benefits and it is very wise to check with the fund administrators if there are any funds owing to you as an employee or as a beneficiary. If you have a spouse/parent/relative who left the country or died, there may be funds owing to him/her or the beneficiaries and it is well worth checking.
Please ensure that you follow the steps below to determine the fund administrators of your fund before going any further and be careful who you give your personal details to.
It is extremely important that you follow the correct procedure and compile the correct documents (see green text below) to facilitate the process.
The process to follow.
- Check which fund administrators are responsible for the administration of your fund by searching for the fund name in the search box provided in the blue strip above.
- Once you have determined who the fund administrators are, use one of the following links to make a claim for unclaimed benefits.
- If your fund administrators link does not appear below you will need to contact them directly. This means that we have not been able to find a website that allows members to request unclaimed benefit information.
if your are a fund administrator or have any additional links/forms to provide please contact Pensionfund.co.za directly through the contact form provided.
If you think you may be a beneficiary under a policy you should contact your life assurance company with as much detail as possible. Useful information would include the policy contract document, the identity document of the claimant, bank details of the claimant, a death certificate (in the event of the death of a life assured)
We are assembling a comprehensive list of contacts for unclaimed benefit applications and will be updating this post as soon as we have additional links to offer.
UnclaimedBenefits.co.za – Data Factory
FAIS – About the unclaimed benefits database
FSB (Now the FAIS) unclaimed benefit search (This is a general search which will return all results for a specific fund or surname to page through)
Alexander Forbes Unclaimed Benefits application form
Metal and Engineering Industries Retirement Funds
Mineworkers Provident fund lists of names who have unclaimed benefits (broken into 4 lists alphabetically)
Motor Industry Fund Administrators Unclaimed benefit forms
NBC Holdings Fund Administrators unclaimed benefits contact
Old Mutual Unclaimed benefits preservation fund request form
Sanlam Staff and beneficiary list who are eligible for unclaimed benefits (Sanlam staff only noy funds administered)
My father used to work at ok bazaars and never got his pension fund
I’m attorney my client intends to claim his divorce benefits – kindly advise who is the administrator I should contact-the name of the member is THULISILE ELDAH MOLATUDI with Id No:8610280641083.
Any outstanding pension
My name is Maria. My pension preservation fund since it was kept in 1998: till now I moved from one pillar to the other up to now nothing forth coming to me.
Regards…
I also worked for the motor industries and i had to personaly apply for my funds. I got payed. I may help u if u contact me or send me a sms at. 0833291203 or 0717 5555 36.
Hi I have claimed for my father It was 2016…still waiting
Please check if I have any pension benefits due to me.
Sam Jabu Radebe
I.D. 6202215237088
Hi I worked at the Mondi papermill merebank from 1972 until december 2002 and then at mondi kraft mill in richardsbay from 1984 until 2007 Please check for me if their is outstanding benifits
Hi, I am Hlakudi Johannah Mashilo. Could you please check for Mahlakwane Legoleng Simon’s pension fund. He worked at cargo carriers until 1996. He has passed on. This is his daughter Hlakudi.
Comment hi my grandfather worked at mining industry he left the job 2007 and he never get his money till now pls help
Contact pension fund adjudicator
Email : enquiries@pfa.org.za
Good Day
I am a former employee of Volkskas Bank Pretoria from 1968 until 1973 and never claimed my pension fund benefit. From which fund can I claim it?
Goodday my used to work at railway he never claim his pension fund.Fortunatley he passed away 2017 .if you want my contact number is 0780042151 thank you
hi please check if i do aNY UNCLAIMED FUNDS..0762265310
Hi , i worked for Brown& Root Group 5. please assist with details on how to claim funds.
my father used to work for ellerine towntalk and when he died he was still attending a dispute from work and we do not know the out come of the case or if there is any benefit because we didn’t receive anything after his death, what can i do?
I would like to find out I got miscarriage so do I qualify to claim for still born
Hi, sorry to hear about your tragedy but this is for employees who previously contributed to funds and did not claim what was rightfully theirs.
My grandfather died in December 1991 he had work fir Steinmuller for more than 23 years and my grandmother never claimed his pension fund
hi i have been in the metal industry for man years and have never claimed do i qualify?