When can employees access their pension/provident fund?


Employees can access their investment on leaving your employment:

  • On retrenchment and resignation, called a withdrawal; or
  • On retirement at retirement age (or earlier due to ill health).

The minimum retirement age of 55 (for reasons other than ill health) is defined by the Income Tax Act. There is no maximum retirement age.

The information and answers supplied in this section do not constitute advice as defined by the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 37 of 2002.


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