Johannesburg - If the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) does not receive additional funds from National Treasury, it will not be able to pay its bills at the end of March, business daily Business Report stated on Tuesday.
"If we don't get the money this week we will not be able to pay our debts," CCMA director Nerina Kahn was quoted as saying.
Business Report said the CCMA's bank balance currently stands at about R2.4m, but due this week are payments of about R34.4m, including R11.9m for full-time staff salaries and R4.3m for part-time commissioners' salaries. Overall, the CCMA is R32m short.
"We have been lobbying since June last year for additional funds," Kahn said.
On Friday, treasury could not say whether additional funds would be made available this week.
"We have been told that another R32m will be paid, but it has not been signed off," Kahn said.
According to the report, the CCMA's case load increased to about 150 000 in the year to March 2010 from about 136 000 the year before, with more than 60% of these cases handled by part-time commissioners.
- Fin24.com