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Important Message to all Rhodesian Government Pensioners	Rhodesians Worldwide
	Oct 08, 2009 17:08 PDT

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 *Important Message to all Rhodesian Government Pensioners*

Circulated via ORAFs at the request of Peter Petter-Bowyer.

*Important Message to all Rhodesian Government Pensioners*

**

Mr Turville Kille has maintained constant contact with the Director of the
Government Pensions Office in Harare, on behalf of the Public Service
Pensioners’ Association. He has reported that the Director is now seriously
hoping to be able to pay a pension allowance in US$ to pensioners residing
outside the country, whether they formally emigrated from Zimbabwe or just
left the country. There will be no back pay because due to hyper-inflation
in Zimbabwe the value of pensions not paid since 2003 has been wiped out.
This information has been confirmed by the British Consul in Harare who
discussed the scheme with the Director on 1 October. However, the Director
has not yet obtained the necessary approval from the Government.

In order for the Pensions Office to commence paying this allowance (if duly
authorised), each pensioner must submit three documents:

1. a completed Certificate of Life;
2. a bank instruction form (giving details of the bank account into
which the allowance is to be paid);
3. a certified copy of the passport (the page with your photograph)
or of your ID.

Copies of the Certificate of Life and the bank instruction form can be
obtained from the OSPA office (address below). Send your request by post,
fax or email and OSPA will send you the forms. Then return the completed
forms, with the certified copy of the passport page or ID, to the OSPA
office for forwarding by secure means to the Government Pensions Office.
When replying, please attach to the Certificate of Life a note giving:

§ your date of entry into Rhodesian Government service;

§ your date of retirement from that service;

§ your job title, rank or grade in which Department at time of your
retirement.

If you know of any Rhodesian Government pensioners who are not OSPA members
and so will not see this notice, please inform them of the situation. Ask
for extra copies of the two forms if you need them.

The Pensions Office Director hopes to be able to start making payments by
December and that they would be back dated to August.

*Requests for the two forms and replies to:*

* OSPA (Zimbabwe Pensions)*

* 138 High Street*

* Tonbridge*

* Kent TN9 1AX*

* Tel: 01732 363836 (Int: +44 1732 363836)*

* Fax: 01732 365070 (Int: +44 1732 365070)*

* Email: ma-@ospa.org.uk *

**

*Please note*: OSPA cannot answer questions about pension entitlement, or
related queries.

*
Thanks to Peter Petter-Bowyer for sharing this information
*

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 Important Message to
 all Rhodesian Government Pensioners
 
 Mr Turville Kille has
 maintained constant contact with the Director of the Government Pensions
 Office in Harare, on behalf of the Public Service Pensioners’
 Association. He has reported that the Director is now seriously
 hoping to be able to pay a pension allowance in US$ to pensioners residing
 outside the country, whether they formally emigrated from Zimbabwe or just
 left the country. There will be no back pay because due to
 hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe the value of pensions not paid since 2003 has
 been wiped out. This information has been confirmed by the British
 Consul in Harare who discussed the scheme with the Director on 1
 October. However, the Director has not yet obtained the necessary
 approval from the Government.
 
 In order for the Pensions
 Office to commence paying this allowance (if duly authorised), each
 pensioner must submit three documents:
 
 1. a
 completed Certificate of
 Life; 2. a bank
 instruction form (giving details of the bank account into which the
 allowance is to be
 paid); 3. a certified
 copy of the passport (the page with your photograph) or of your ID.
 
 Copies of the Certificate
 of Life and the bank instruction form can be obtained from the OSPA office
 (address below). Send your request by post, fax or email and OSPA
 will send you the forms. Then return the completed forms, with the
 certified copy of the passport page or ID, to the OSPA office for
 forwarding by secure means to the Government Pensions Office. When
 replying, please attach to the Certificate of Life a note giving:
 
 §
 your date of entry into Rhodesian Government
 service;
 §
 your date of retirement from that
 service;
 §
 your job title, rank or grade in which
 Department at time of your retirement.
 
 If you know of any
 Rhodesian Government pensioners who are not OSPA members and so will not
 see this notice, please inform them of the situation. Ask for extra
 copies of the two forms if you need them.
 
 The Pensions Office
 Director hopes to be able to start making payments by December and that
 they would be back dated to August.
 
 Requests for the two
 forms and replies to:
 
 OSPA (Zimbabwe Pensions)
 
 138 High Street
 
 Tonbridge
 
 Kent TN9 1AX
 
 Tel: 01732 363836 (Int: +44 1732 363836)
 
 Fax: 01732 365070 (Int: +44 1732 365070)
 
 Email: <a href="mailto:ma-@ospa.org.uk" target="_blank">ma-@ospa.org.uk</a> 
 
 Please
 note: OSPA cannot answer questions about pension
 entitlement, or related queries.</div></td></tr></tbody></table>
 Thanks to Peter Petter-Bowyer for sharing this information </div>
 

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