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Military veteran still waiting for pension four years after court victory

Defence department owes former APLA member nearly R1-million as it continues trying to overturn a judgment ordering it to pay his pension

Following a six-year legal battle, Mangaliso Petse, an APLA military veteran secured a court order in 2022 directing the Department of Defence and Military Veterans to pay him an annual pension. Four years later, he has not received a cent. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb.

Former APLA veteran Mangaliso Petse says the Department of Defence and Military Veterans has not paid him a cent despite a 2022 court order granting him a lifelong pension.
The department argues the judgment could open the door to thousands of similar pension claims, while Petse says it is relying on procedural delays to avoid complying with the order.
After obtaining a writ of execution this year, Petse had departmental assets attached, but the department is again…

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