YOUNG INC INVESTMENTS CHARGED FOR NOT REMITTING TO ENPF

MBABANE – A company called Young Inc Investments has been dragged to court for failure to remit funds to the statutory contributions of the Eswatini National Provident Fund for over 1 and half year.

Young Inc Investments is a branding company based in Manzini. The company director Wilton Dlamini appeared at the Manzini Magistrates Court facing 27 charges of Contravening Section 14 (2) and (3) as read with Section 36(1) (d) of the Swaziland National Provident Fund Order No.23 of 1974. According to the charge sheet, the company had not remitted to ENPF since last year January until this year August. Dlamini was found guilty in all the charges levelled against him and his company. He pleaded for the court to be lenient with him as he was the first offender. Dlamini told that court that he often faced challenges with corporate clients who often failed to pay his company on time hence the default in paying the due funds to ENPF for his employees.

He stated that his business was financially constrained as they experienced issues since the outbreak of COVID-19. He promised to forward the due payments to ENPF. The court then considered the reality of the predicament financially faced by businesses due to COVID-19 as some arguably and reportedly had to close down. In its ruling the court sentenced fined Dlamini and his company E700 or four months imprisonment for each count from count one to 12. In count 13 to 16, Dlamini and his company was fined E800 or five months imprisonment. For count 17 to 23, the accused persons was fined E700 or four months imprisonment. For count 24 and 26, Dlamini and his company was fined E800 or five months imprisonment and then for count 27, they were fined E600 or two months imprisonment.

The court further ruled that count one to twelve and count 17 to 23 be wholly suspended for four months. Count 13 to 16 was to run concurrently which meant that the accused persons were to pay E800 or face five months imprisonment. Count 24 to 26 was to also ordered to run concurrently which meant that the accused persons was to pay E800 or face five months imprisonment. Count 27 was wholly suspended for four months.

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