How to transfer into GEPF

In order to transfer funds into GEPF, you must be a contributing member, in other words, you must have already been given a pension number.

If you do not have a GEPF pension number, your employer needs to complete and submit an admission form (Z125), together with your first payslip in order for a pension number to be generated. Once the pension number has been generated, you will then be able to transfer funds into GEPF.

If you are already a GEPF member with a current pension number, the transferring fund should complete items A, B, D, and F of the Z1526 form and your current employer must complete items G and H. This application form (Z1526) must be returned to GEPF to register your application to transfer into the Fund.

Funds may only be transferred from approved retirement funds that are registered with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and with South African Revenue Services (SARS).

The transferring fund must send the Recognition of Transfer document (ROT) to GEPF to complete and return to them whereupon they will request approval from the FSB for the transfer value to be transferred.
When your transferring fund has made the payment to GEPF, they must submit proof of payment. This proof of payment can be e-mailed to gepftransfers@gpaa.gov.za and or Special.ProjectEnquiries@gpaa.gov.za.

Once the proof of payment has been received, the funds will be allocated to your pension number and an additional period of service will be calculated for the amount of money that was received, as GEPF is a defined benefit fund.

Once the calculations are finalized, an explanatory letter will be sent to you and to your employer to inform you that the transfer has been finalized and that an additional pensionable service period was added to your current pensionable service period in GEPF.
Please take note that the additional pensionable service will be added on GEPF’s records as a period of bought service and the transaction may not be canceled once approved.

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Breach Notification

NOTIFICATION OF SECURITY COMPROMISE AS PER SECTION 22 OF THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT, 4 OF 2013 ("POPIA")

The GEPF experienced a security breach and the compromise of personal information held on the GPAA systems and records between February and March 2024. Data subjects were notified of the security breach and potential compromise of personal information on 20 March 2024.

The GPAA immediately shut down all its systems and initiated its Cyber Incident and Response Plan to mitigate the damage at the time of the security compromise. As a result, the compromise of personal information was isolated and curtailed. The GPAA initiated an investigation into the cause and extent of the security breach and committed to providing updates/outcomes of the investigation as soon as practically possible.

Although the investigation is still ongoing, the assessment recently revealed a compromise of personal information of a number of data subjects. The extent of the compromise of personal information is still being investigated and will be communicated on the conclusion of the investigation.

The GPAA has put various additional control measures in place to strengthen the security safeguards on its systems since the incident. The GPAA is working with security agencies to strengthen control measures and avoid future reoccurrences.

The GEPF and GPAA recognises the importance of safeguarding personal information and is working actively to prevent any recurrence of security compromises on the GEPF and GPAA systems.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and assure you that every reasonable step has been taken to ensure that all GPAA systems and platforms are safe and protected from unauthorised and unlawful access.

The security compromise was reported to the relevant authorities, entities and regulators for further investigations, support and transparency.

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