Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
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SIU investigates massive UIF fraud involving 6,000 state employees and billions in false claims
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has revealed that its ongoing investigation into Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) fraud has uncovered significant…
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UIF online system still down after 6 weeks
More than six weeks ago, Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) online services went down. The fund says it has made a…
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UIF Commissioner Tebogo Maruping suspended again
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Commissioner Tebogo Maruping has been suspended again, the Department of Labour has confirmed. Labour Minister Nomakhosazana…
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UIF commissioner vows to improve service delivery
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says it is working on improving efficiency and the overall delivery of services to its…
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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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Minister Nxesi launches skills training programme to tackle unemployment
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says the government has a major role to play in mitigating unemployment in the…
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Blade Nzimande to lay criminal complaint against Mdwaba over corruption allegations
Higher Education, Science, and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande is set to lay a criminal complaint against businessman Mthunzi Mdwaba, who…
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Minister Godongwana’s lawyers threaten legal action against Mdwaba over bribe claims
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s lawyers have threatened legal action against businessman, Mthunzi Mdwaba, following damaging allegations against the official. Mdwaba…
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Spur employee who defrauded UIF sentenced and to be deported
A foreign national has been sentenced in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng on Thursday on charges of fraud, identity…
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KZN woman arrested for alleged R500K Covid-19 TERS fraud
A 40-year-old Durban woman has been released on R20,000 bail following her alleged involvement in Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme…
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Security officer caught on camera breaking into prosecutor’s office
The Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court has postponed the case against Kgangetsile Motsumi to 12 September, for further investigations. Motsumi, a 50-year-old…
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2 ex-employment & labour dept employees in court over R2 million UIF scam with 5 others
Seven people who allegedly defrauded the employment and labour department in the North West, made their first appearance in court…
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SIU says it’s recovered just over R71 million linked to TERS fraud
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has recovered just over R71 million since it began with its TERS fraud investigations in…
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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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Labour minister scraps R5 billion UIF stake in Thuja project pending investigation
The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) on Tuesday welcomed employment minister Thulas Nxesi’s decision to suspend…
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UIF goes after the companies which swindled Covid-19 funds
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has welcomed the arrest of 16 people who allegedly swindled the Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee…
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Video: Actress Connie Chiume speaks on how she couldn’t afford to go to America for Black Panther
Veteran South African actress Connie Chiume has spilled all the beans on the latest episode of Podcast and Chill with…
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UIF conceals companies that stole millions in Ters funds
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) on Tuesday said it won’t be naming and shaming companies that defrauded it of millions…
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Pretoria’s domestic workers armed with mops & irons march for decent pay
Over a hundred domestic workers dressed in bright uniforms and carrying irons and mops marched through the streets of Pretoria…
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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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KZN company director linked to R1 million Covid-19 TERS fraud
A 37-year-old director made her first appearance in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court charged with defrauding the Covid-19 Temporary…
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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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3 fake labour inspectors nabbed in Pretoria
Three people have been arrested for impersonating labour inspectors in Marabastad, Pretoria. The Employment and Labour Department said the three…
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ANC staff to take legal action against party over outstanding salaries
Disgruntled employees of the African National Congress (ANC) have decided to go the legal route in an attempt to get…
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More than 1 million at risk of losing their outstanding TERS payments
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says it has more than a million outstanding claims on its Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief…
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DA taking up the fight for ANC employees
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is planning to press criminal charges against the ANC’s top six leadership over the governing party’s…
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Sassa: Don’t all apply at once for Covid grant, system crashes
The South Africa Social Security Agency‘s (Sassa’s) Covid-19 relief fund grant application website is currently under severe pressure, its spokesperson…
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COVID-19 TERS benefits to be extended to employees affected by lockdown
The Covid-19 TERS benefits would be extended to employees affected under the adjusted level 4 lockdown, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…
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Court orders UIF TERS fraudster to sell her house to pay back stolen money
The long arm of the law caught up to a woman who, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, stole…
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2 UIF executives now face disciplinary hearings after suspensions lifted
Two Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) executives are facing disciplinary hearings following the conclusion of some parts of a Special Investigating…
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Western Cape farmworkers air grievances with labour minister over UIF access
Farmworkers in the Western Cape are hoping their issues with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will be addressed soon. Women…
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SIU to probe Covid-19 payments at eThekwini Municipality
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed three proclamations authorizing the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of corruption in the…
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Good news for South Africans as R350 social relief grant increased – Here are the new changes
Good news for the unemployed as the R350 social relief grant and the Temporary Employer/Employee Scheme (Ters) are set to…
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Hundreds desperately queue for hours outside Cape Town UIF offices
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) offices in Cape Town saw snaking queues around its building as hundreds came out in…
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Labour Dept denies setting aside funds to thank farm workers for working during lockdown
The department of employment and labour in Limpopo has dismissed rumours the government has set aside funds to thank farmworkers…
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Hawks arrest Limpopo company director for allegedly defrauding UIF of R3.2 million
The Hawks have arrested a Limpopo company director for allegedly defrauding the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) of R3.2 million in…
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Minister Nxesi says entire UIF management is suspended
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says the entire Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) management has been suspended. Nxesi’s announcement follows the briefing…
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Case against Durban cops accused of siphoning UIF COVID-19 funds postponed
The case against two Durban police officers and a civilian accused of fraud, theft and money laundering during the nationwide…
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5 suspects arrested for alleged R5.7 million UIF fraud
Five vehicles, including an Evoque, as well as other items suspected to have been bought with the money, were seized…
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Video: Tshwane family goes Car shopping after botched R5.7 million UIF money meant for 1 400 workers
Just days after Pretoria factory worker Tshepang Phohole allegedly funnelled millions in Covid-19 relief funds to his girlfriend and relatives,…
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Sassa: Rejected R350-grant applications did not meet requirements
Meanwhile, the DA says it is not convinced that the R50 billion fund issued by the government has reached its…
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Employees to get paid directly from UIF COVID-19 relief fund
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says employees will now be able to get paid directly. To date, the UIF has…
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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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DA confirms SAA business rescue practitioners in talks with UIF over retrenchment packages
The DA suggested that the talks between the two companies were out of order and the “UIF should have shown…
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