Question $8$

Trudy $(54)$ transferred her benefit in her provident fund to a provident preservation fund on $30$ April $2025.$ At that time, her total benefit in the provident fund consisted of the following:

Vested component: Pre$-1$ March $2021$ benefit $-$ R$850,000$

Vested component: Post$-1$ March $2021$ benefit $-$ R$124,000$

S$$vings component: R$20,000$

Retirement component: R$64,000$

Which of the following will apply when Trudy retires from the fund? Select the correct option.

Trudy can take the total value of her vested component: Pre$-1$ March $2021$ benefit and her savings component as a lump sum.

Trudy can take the total value of her vested component and her savings component as a lump sum.

Trudy can take one$-$third of her retirement component as a lump sum.

Trudy can take the total value of her vested component and her savings component, plus one$-$third of her retirement component, as a lump sum.