Employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi has moved to clear confusion about the allocation of Covid-19 relief benefits and called on employers to be honest about how the process works.

“There are several complaints from some employers who say we paid a lump sum and that they don’t know how to allocate it,” said Nxesi, during a media briefing by economic cluster ministers in Pretoria on Tuesday...

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