Salga dodges deregistration

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has submitted the outstanding documents required to avoid deregistration, the department of labour said yesterday.

The department issued a notice of intention to cancel Salga’s registration in the Government Gazette of June 15 after it failed to submit outstanding documents, including audited financial statements, names of office bearers, a business address and membership figures.

“In terms of section 106 (2A) of the Act, the office of the registrar may cancel the registration of an employers’ organisation by removing its name from the appropriate register if the organisation is not, or has ceased to function as a genuine organisation, or has failed to comply with sections 98, 99 and 100 of the Act,” spokesperson Teboho Thejane said.

According to law, a registered employers’ organisation must keep books and records of its income, assets and liabilities and must prepare financial statements within six months after the end of each financial year.

It must also arrange for an annual audit which must comply with generally accepted auditing standards and the auditor must report in writing to the organisation whether it has complied with its constitution in relation to financial matters.

The department said Salga had finally submitted financial statements from 2012 up to 2017, the names and business address of office bearers for the years 2011 to 2018 and membership figures per sector for the years 2012 to 2017, on June 16, and had apologised for the delay.

The association also said it had implemented measures to prevent delays in transmitting information recurring. – ANA