Moneyweb reports that last week the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) was ordered to halt the auctioning of assets belonging to the Kopanong municipality.  

In 2017, the union secured a high court order to attach the municipality’s assets to recover more than R58 million in unpaid pension fund contributions.  According to a SABC report, the auctioning of the assets was halted after government obtained a stay of execution, arguing that the planned auction did not follow proper procedures.  Kopanong has been mired in controversy for years for failing to pay its bills, prompting the DA to call for the dissolution of the municipality.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ciaran Ryan at Moneyweb (scroll down) <https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/trade-unions-attach-municipality-assets-over-outstanding-pay-and-benefits/>

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