Trip to the World Cup finals in Brazil, swanky cars, massive pension fund lump-sum payments, fraudulent claims and enormous debts paid off – these are some of the ways in which the top six leaders of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) have been living it up... This follows a financial disaster that saw more than R120-million of workers’ subscription money vanish from the union’s coffers and senior leaders ousted for raising questions about the missing funds. At the end of 2012, the union’s cash reserves, which are separate from its operational account dealing with monthly expenses, were more than R177-million, according to the union’s annual financial statements seen by the Mail & Guardian. By February this year, the reserves had unaccountably declined to slightly more than R50-million. Samwu’s deputy general secretary, Moses Miya, who seems to wield the most influence within the top six, went early to a Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) trade union summit in Brazil – in time for the final two games of the Fifa World Cup. The airfare cost the union R57 168, nearly double the normal price, according to two sources familiar with the transaction. In addition, he took along a “bodyguard” who is not employed by the union or has been approved by the relevant structures. His ticket cost the same. Miya and the “bodyguard” flew to Brazil on Friday last week, although the summit only took place from Monday to Thursday this week.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:45:20 +0000
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