1. The department has reviewed the policy based on the inputs received following the publishing and tabling of the draft regulations in Parliament in December 2022. The department has aligned the policy to the final 2023 Regulations following inputs received after gazetting the Regulations on the 25 April 2023.
2. The Military Veterans as defined in the Military Veterans Act 18 of 2011 will be eligible to apply for a military veteran's pension. The eligibility criteria has been defined as follows in the Regulations that were gazzeted on the 25 April 2023.
An individual must:-
a. meet the requirements of the definition in the Military Veterans Act 18 of 2011
b. be listed in the Military Veterans database
c. be a citizen of the Republic of South Africa
d. not be receiving any other state provided pension or social grant, unless
the pension currently being received is lower than the proposed amount
to be paid in the military veterans pension.