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Municipal workers in Mpumalanga are facing a devastating retirement crisis as over 1.7 billion rand in unpaid pension contributions vanish—money deducted from salaries and employer contributions that simply disappeared. The National Treasury is withholding funds from 69 municipalities for failing to meet financial obligations, leaving retirees shortchanged and those nearing retirement in panic. One 40-year veteran questions his future, while former colleagues received less than promised. Labor unions demand criminal charges against municipal managers, calling it theft, and warn accountability is key to stopping this pattern. Some municipalities are responding, but others remain unresponsive, as the nation watches thousands of public servants’ futures hang in the balance.

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