S3 Ep5: The battle to get unclaimed billions into workers’ pockets

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There is more than R90-billion in unpaid pension and provident fund benefits sitting in insurance companies’ accounts. This is affecting at least 4.5-million people, almost all of them poor and black. In this episode we tell the stories of people fighting this historical injustice.

Host: Tebadi Mmotla

Guests:
Rosemary Hunter; Linda Matunda & Sydney Moshoaliba

22 Oct English South Africa News Commentary · Non-Profit

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