Impendle Advice Office

Tel: 033 996 0479



Cases

In 2021 the office attended to 200 new cases, with the most common being gender-based violence and financial claims.

Gender-Based Violence

Reports to the local police station and to the traditional courts around Impendle of gender-based violence are common, and in 2021 made up just over half of cases at the office. Many men in the area have patriarchal attitudes towards women that permit abusive behaviour. Other factors in the cases we deal with of domestic abuse are alcohol consumption, arguments over money and accusations of infidelity.

Financial Rights 

In 2021, a fifth of cases involved some find of financial claim, mostly applications for retirement funds and pensions. A high number of clients experience delays in obtaining pensions and provident funds. Some former employees are unaware that they are entitled to claim payments from provident funds, either their own or those of deceased relatives. For example, the office recently helped many men to claim from the Metal Industries Provident Fund, which many were not aware they were entitled to do. Other clients come with applications for social grants, after trying unsuccessfully for a long time to make a claim