DA Wants Answers After ANC Allegedly Failed to Pay Staff UIF Contributions

• The Democratic Alliance believes that the ANC has failed to pay UIF contributions and wants the ruling party to be investigated
• The ANC had gotten into trouble with the SA Revenue Service after it failed to pay PAYE and had to hand over R80 million
• Since then the ANC has been under severe financial stress and has not been able pay salaries

The DA wants the ruling party to be the subject of an investigation after the ANC allegedly failed to pay its staff's contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).

The ANC had deducted the contributions from staff salaries but allegedly did not pass the funds onto the UIF.

TimesLIVE reported that the ANC had not paid Pay As You Earn (PAYE) onto the SA Revenue Service either. This led to the ANC having to pay R80 million to SARS.

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As a result, the party's funds have been in freefall and staff have gone without pay for months.

Michael Cardo, the DA member in charge of employment and labour, had said he had written to labour minister Thulas Nxesi asking for confirmation on whether the ANC had paid UIF contributions according to HeraldLIVE.

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Recently, ANC employees went on strike after the ruling party failed to pay their salaries on time. The issue with paying salaries has been an issue for months.

According to IOL, the ANC's financial crisis started to become apparent in December 2019. Things seemed to have gotten better, however, between April and June 2021 the financial woes of the ruling party deepened.

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Briefly News previously reported that ANC workers have had enough of seemingly empty promises from the ruling party. They have downed tools across the country, forcing ANC offices to shut down.

According to the Daily Sun, ANC employees are fuming after the August salaries had not been paid. After the past few months, ANC workers have had their salary payments delayed.

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe revealed that the ANC had been informed that staff would go on strike from Thursday, according to TimesLIVE. Since the ANC settled its R80 million tax bill with SARS, the ruling party has been struggling financially.

The party landed in hot water with the taxman after it was revealed that it had been deducting tax from employees but not paying it over to SARS. The party had also not paid provident and pension funds for over two years.

Source: Briefly News