The Free State’s, Kopanong municipality has reportedly not paid contributions since March 2013.This emerged from an investigation by the Pension Funds Adjudicator following complaints by three of the municipal workers. An employer is obliged to pay over the contributions it collects from an employee’s salary as well the employer contributions (that form part of the..
Continue reading…
More than R58m in pension fund contributions collected from municipal workers at municipality over the past six years not paid over to workers’ pension fund
Posted on Leave a comment
Municipal workers sleeping and not working all day in Krugersdorp? – It’s been reported that municipal workers arrive every day just to lie or sit around, making more waste than they actually clean UP
Posted on Leave a comment
Long grass and unkempt sidewalks don’t seem all that unusual in Krugersdorp. But, municipal workers are rarely seen cutting grass, trimming bushes and removing trash from public grounds. And when you do see them working around town, the last thing you’d expect is to find them sleeping or socialising on the job. The News received..
Continue reading…
Port St Johns municipal workers end seven-month strike
Posted on Leave a comment
Municipal workers returned to work in Port St Johns on Monday after an on-off strike which has lasted seven months, leaving the town strewn with garbage.
Municipal workers had been on an intermittent strike since last year, demanding the dismissal of the municipal manager and the implementation of wage promises they say were not kept. According to South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) spokesperson Andile Bara the problems started in 2013 when seven SAMWU shop stewards were fired after a strike over wages.
Continue reading…