The department of finance revealed this figure during a written parliamentary question and answer session from 6 November.
Alarmingly, the outstanding figure stated by the department would account for R5.4 million for every municipality in the country.
The question was posed by the EFF following the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein judgment ordering a Free State municipality to repay millions in unpaid contributions to pension funds.
In September, Mafube local municipality was found to have failed to transfer R38 million to the Municipal Workers Retirement Fund.
It had deducted the amounts from employees.
This story is from the November 20, 2024 edition of The Citizen.
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