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Lifeline: People queue at the labour department’s offices in Johannesburg to apply for UIF benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COVID 19

It will cost UIF up to R3.5-billion in Ters payments every week the lockdown is extended

Any further extensions of Ters payments will impede the UIF’s ability to pay normal claims for unemployment and parental leave

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
BUDGET 2021

Come what may, the UIF will pay

The fund – the main safety net for unemployed workers – will run at an almost R20-billion deficit

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Despair: People queue to the end of the block at the Jo’burg labour department for UIF payments. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ALEXANDRA

Workers battle for UIF payouts

Snarl-ups at the Unemployment Insurance Fund and bosses not assisting employees worsens people’s suffering

  • Chris Gilili
6 min read