69 Municipalities have fail to remit roughly R1.7 billion in worker pension contributions

[WATCH] Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has revealed that 69 struggling municipalities have failed to remit roughly R1.7-billion in worker pension contributions, prompting National Treasury to temporarily freeze R13.5-billion in equitable share transfers. While regulators call it systemic theft, local governments defend it as an emergency measure to stay afloat. COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator Matthew Parks, and labour lawyer and mediation specialist Patrick Deale weigh in.

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