The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West has not paid its employees’ pension contributions for 14 months, according to the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu).
Municipal spokesperson Pius Batsile acknowledged that pension funds have not been paid for several months and attributed it to low revenue collection.
“The municipality is facing cash flow challenges as of now. I am currently not in a position to discuss a way forward relating to the challenges of payments that are supposed to be made to pension funds,” Batsile told GroundUp.
In August last year, employees went three months without…
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