SAMWU calls for tough action on unpaid pension contributions

1 minute The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) says the Pension Funds Adjudicator complaint process is very tedious for municipal workers whose pension fund contributions are not paid over by municipalities. According to SAMWU general secretary Dumisane Magagula, individual employees will have to lodge a complaint with the adjudicator about the Municipalities’ failure to…

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Prof Sibusiso Bengu to be laid to rest in KZN on Friday

[File photo] SA’s first democratic Minister of Education Professor Sibusiso Bengu. 1 minute Democratic South Africa’s first Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, will be laid to rest in Mtunzini on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. This is expected to follow an Official Funeral Category 2 at the University of Zululand. Bengu died…

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Treasury’s deadline for pension contributions too short: SAMWU

1 minute South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) says the time given by the National Treasury for municipalities to make outstanding contributions to pension funds is not enough. This follows Treasury’s decision to hold municipal managers accountable for failing to comply with statutory obligations regarding workers’ deductions to their pension funds. National Treasury gave a…

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