The failure by the ANC to pay millions of rands in contributions into its employees' pension fund has potentially opened party members up to massive fines, says a pension lawyer.
But convictions in similar cases, when police launch investigations, are usually rare.
According to SA's financial watchdog, the governing party has, since November 2018, failed to consistently pay contributions to the African National Congress Staff Provident Fund, leaving its 535 members with an R86-million hole in their pensions.