The minister said R23.8 billion would be allocated to implement the plan, with training opportunities running over the next 12 to 36 months
A total of R2.6 billion was recovered by the UIF nationally through its ‘follow the money’ project which is auditing companies that benefited from Covid-19 relief scheme
In its sixth annual report, SweepSouth attributes poor domestic worker pay to power cuts, inflation, the high cost of living and employers relocating
Workers want UFI, medical aid and provident fund contributions brought up to date
Lindelani Gumede bought himself a luxury Audi Q2 and settled his brother’s R560 000 bond during a spending spree
About a million women are employed to work in private homes, enabling the economy to function and their employers to work and return to clean homes and cared for children
As the Delta variant fuels infections, the ban on alcohol sales remains, schools will stay closed until 26 July and restaurants may open with limited numbers
The minister and his management team appeared before parliament after another scathing auditor general report was tabled
This measure, aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, may shortly be introduced in other regions.
EFF leader Julius Malema says the party is preparing to govern in many municipalities from next year. It is also launching a programme to defend the rights of farm workers
Existing government aid schemes must persist, and new ones created, at the same speed as Ters was set up, if we are to survive and thrive after the crisis
Income shocks and the breakdowns in social protection schemes have had consequences for hunger and food insecurity in South Africa
The fund has been selling assets to make Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme payouts
After just three months of lockdown, more than 100 000 workers could lose their jobs
Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages
In a statement, the fund emphasised that all businesses with workers, “from spaza shops to hair salons” who are registered with the UIF can apply for this relief
Data shows that during the lockdown the statutory body has dealt with 75% fewer cases than during the same period last year
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
President announces an ‘extraordinary coronavirus budget’ with R20-billion for healthcare and spending on the pandemic equal to 10% of national GDP
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to announce the government’s long-awaited economic stimulus plan to deal with the effects of Covid-19. The key will be getting loans for a stimulus without ‘selling’ the country.
In the first weeks of the lockdown, workers reported that they had been left with nothing to survive on as their employers failed to apply to the UIF
Almost three million workers are not covered by measures implemented by the department of employment and labour to lessen the economic effects of the coronavirus
Relief for small businesses, tax breaks, employment incentives — Ramaphosa’s drastic measures to fight the effects of Covid-19
With Covid-19 halting air travel, labour unions have been told that lack of post-commencement funding and travel bans have forced airline to the point of no return
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi rebuffs fears that his department will become too entangled with the private sector to rein it in
State support of Eskom and other parastatals places the financial sector’s stability at risk