Not respecting your dying wish: pension fund trustees are not bound by beneficiary nomination forms

In the recent case of Ndwandwe v Trustees of Transnet Retirement Fund and Others [2023] ZAKZDHC 8 (22 February 2023) the High Court in Durban again had to deal with the question of whether the trustees of a pension fund can deviate from the wishes of a member as recorded in the member’s beneficiary …

https://www.polity.org.za/article/not-respecting-your-dying-wish-pension-fund-trustees-are-not-bound-by-beneficiary-nomination-forms-2023-05-12

Mining terminology: the difference between “accepted”, “granted” “executed” and “registered”

Four of the most common words that one hears in conjunction with mining rights, prospecting rights are “accepted“, “granted“, “executed” and “registered“. Despite regular use of the aforesaid terminology in the mining industry, there is often confusion as to the specific legal meaning and interpreta…

https://www.polity.org.za/article/mining-terminology-the-difference-between-accepted-granted-executed-and-registered-2023-05-04