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Sassa & Home Affairs using biometrics to combat fraud as 17 million apply for ‘R370 grant’
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it is now using biometrics technology to verify applicants after seeing a…
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East London Dept of Labour official arrested for corruption while allegedly taking R1 000 from business owners
An East London Department of Labour official has been arrested on corruption charges. Eastern Cape police said the 41-year-old official…
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Woman’s UIF claim exposed as fraud
A woman trying to get an unemployment insurance fund (UIF) payout opened up a can of worms when an investigation…
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Retrenched Post Office workers protest outside headquarters
Workers retrenched by the Post Office recently staged a picket outside its offices in Pretoria Central demanding severance packages they…
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Retrenched Post Office workers to picket over pension funds and UIF
Dozens of retrenched Post Office workers are expected to protest at the state-owned enterprise’s headquarters in Tshwane on Friday over…
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COSATU threatens strike after request for SAPO emergency funding rejected
Trade union federation COSATU is threatening to strike after the CCMA rejected emergency funding for the South African Post Office…
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Unemployed Gauteng residents urged to apply for UIF jobs programme
The Gauteng government has urged unemployed people in the province to visit their nearest schools to apply for the UIF’s…
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UIF warns of prowling scammers who are promising people R21 000
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), an entity of the national Department of Employment and Labour, is warning communities about a…
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Cosatu again calls for UIF to be placed under administration
Trade union federation Cosatu has again called for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to be placed under administration following the…
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UIF goes after employers who illegally benefited from Covid-19 TERS funds
The noose around the necks of those who illegally benefited from the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) is tightening…
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Covid-19 Ters fraudsters arrested in Gauteng and North West
At least 16 suspects have been arrested in connection Covid-19 Temporary Employer/ Employee Relief Scheme fund (Ters). The alleged criminals…
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Government reveals minimum salaries for domestic workers
The laws regulating the employment of domestic work have changed. If you employ a nanny, cleaner, driver, gardener or other…
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UIF Commissioner Teboho Maruping gets candid about his 17-month suspension
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Commissioner Teboho Maruping says the lengthy mass suspensions of several executives and other employees during the…
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SARS gives ANC ultimatum to settle unpaid tax bill
The taxman has given the ANC an ultimatum to pay its overdue tax bill or have its assets attached. The…
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Couple convicted for R10 million Covid-19 Ters fraud
A Gauteng-based couple has been convicted of defrauding the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Covid-19 Ters)…
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KZN Labour Department orders retail & wholesale companies to improve working conditions
Inspectors from the Department of Employment and Labour in KwaZulu-Natal have ordered businesses who are subjecting workers to poor working…
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KZN woman due in court for defrauding Dept of Labour over R13k
A 44-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Richards Bay Magistrates Court in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday after she was…
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ANC scrambling to raise R200 million for staff salaries ahead of Christmas – report
The Sunday Times reports that the ANC is scrambling to raise about R200 million to cover its debt and pay…
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ANC employees lay charges against Top Six
ANC employees, lead by axed employee Carl Niehaus, have laid charges of theft and corruption against party bosses. They allege…
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Sassa still processing 845 000 applications of COVID grant, over 3.7 million declined
The South African Social Service Agency (Sassa) is still processing over 845,000 applications for the special social relief of distress…
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ANC staff says UIF and provident funds have not been paid
ANC staffers are on strike over non-payment of salaries. The party did not pay staff on time this month. In…
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75 000 workers affected by unrest may be retrenched
Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi on Wednesday said a confirmed 75,000 workers have been affected by the recent civil…
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TERS open for applications
The Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) application opened on Monday for employees and businesses that are affected by lockdown Level…
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Protesters let loose twenty-eight horses from Fairview holding stables
Police have confirmed that 28 horses were let loose from the holding stables at Fairview racecourse at about 6 am…
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Covid-19: Unemployment Insurance Fund payouts have been extended till August
In a surprise move, government has extended the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) until the middle of August. Workers…
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Thousands of dead people claimed for the UIF’s coronavirus payouts
As it winds down its multibillion-rand campaign of financial support for workers in South Africa hit in the pocket by…
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Unemployment Insurance Fund introduces new controls on verify banking details
In a bid to eliminate the exploitation of the COVID-19 temporary employee relief scheme, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has…
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Family goes on spending spree after fraudulent UIF payment resulted in a packer receiving a R5.7million payout
Tshepang Phohole received a R5.7 million payout from the UIF which was supposed to go to 1 400 workers. Instead,…
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Almost 700,000 applications for special Covid-19 payouts from the UIF failed because of this error
Last month, almost 700,000 applications from companies for special Covid-19 payouts from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) failed – because…
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Data leak on UIF COVID-19 relief scheme website
The Unemployment Insurance Fund has apologised for its failure to capture online temporary relief fund claims this month. That’s after…
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Domestic workers and farm labourers to get Covid-19 relief funds
Pretoria – The Department of Employment and Labour on Thursday said it is making efforts to ensure that domestic workers…
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Here is what you need to know about Unemployment Insurance Fund benefit
The COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown in South Africa has forced some people to stay home. The Unemployment Insurance…
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