A member of the Save Act, an informal savings club known as stokvels, counts bank notes before making her contribution during one of their gatherings in Vanderbilpark, in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa, September 11, 2021.Lauded by some as a system that’s going to benefit workers in the long term, while others warned about far-reaching implications. But with President Cyril Ramaphosa having signed the two-pot bill into law, it’s all systems going come the first of September.
“We have not been consulted about this and we don’t have full information about what is it that’s going to happen. We’re just being told that there is a two-pot system whereby we’re able to access some of our money but we don’t have full information about what is going to happen after that. So, we need full information and they need to come to us and train and show us the importance of taking our money before retirement.
While Cosatu has given the system a thumbs up, it acknowledged that more consumer education regarding the system is necessary.