LETTER: Thulas Nxesi plays games with cash-strapped workers
Minister swiftly reneged on promise to pay out people who were not registered for UIF
08 July 2020 - 15:52
We are all aware of the incredibly inept Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). Thousands of employees still have not even been paid for April, let alone May and June.
During this pandemic, the minister of employment & labour, Thulas Nxesi, triumphantly announced that he was also going to pay out people who weren’t registered for UIF but who should have been, and those who were independent contractors and freelance workers...
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